Utilisation of open access institutional repositories in Zimbabwe’s public universities | Tapfuma

"Despite the establishment of institutional repositories (IRS) in Zimbabwe’s public universities, content for these repositories remains untangible. The purpose of this study was to explore the utilisation of IRs in the universities. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology (UTAUT) model was used to understand individuals behaviours’ towards acceptance of technologies. The pragmatist paradigm guided the study employing the mixed methods research (MMR) approach combining quantitative and qualitative approaches. Triangulation was used to obtain a deeper understanding of the research problem. Eight public universities were surveyed including all levels of academics, research directors, library directors and IR/faculty librarians...."

Tapfuma, Mass Masona. Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2016.