Though quite a few studies have been undertaken in cloud computing for higher education, the authros write, there is not a lot of work on adoption. So this study (18 page PDF) surveys Malaysian professors on the perceived benefits. With a study like this, the selection of factors to measure is quite important, and defines the results of the study. In this case, the authors look at factors raised in the prior literature, such as usefulness, ease of use, need, trust, and innovativeness. The results were what we might think of characteristic of new technology, with ease and usefulness scoring lower, need a bit higher, and innovativeness the major factor. I think there's a lot of analysis performed on what is in the end a small (265 responses) survey set.
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