Using Technology Acceptance Model to Measure f the Performance of Road Smoothness

• Main Authors: Huang Wen Ken, 黃雯琪
• Other Authors: 黃忠發
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02711715932541894994

碩士 === 國立高雄應用科技大學 === 土木工程與防災科技研究所 === 99 === What with Taiwan’s rapid economic development and given the nature of the road work that involves digging and re-surfacing, the roads tend to end up with an uneven surface causing inconvenience to the general public. According to statistics, casualties resulted from uneven road surfaces account for the plurality of state compensation cases; as such, this research will be based on the theory of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), exploring the effectiveness of road flatness detection devices. It is expected that suggestions derived from the research conclusion can assist the relevant department and facility users in terms of improving the road quality and enhancing the road surface flatness. The fact that up to now there has been a lack of investigation on the road flatness detection devices has brought the research to hone in from the perspective of TAM and user attitude, with an aim to improve the implementation of the road surface flatness. The research has conducted a sample survey on the domestic road engineers, with 107 returned valid questionnaires. Moreover, by way of structural equation modeling and other statistical analysis methods, the attitude and the willingness to use the road flatness detection devices have been examined, and the following conclusions (have been) reached: 1.The willingness to use the road flatness detection devices comes under the influence of the user attitude, with training support and feasibility awareness as indirect causal factors. 2.On a whole, prior experience and thorough execution of training support are advantageous in increasing the willingness to use the road flatness detection devices, with the user attitude exerting a (distinct) impact on the user attitude. As indicated in the research, the education training may incorporate a series of introduction and operation directions so as to boost the workers’ willingness to operate the (said) devices.