Title: Teachers' intention to adopt virtual reality technology in management education

Authors: Kriti Priya Gupta; Preeti Bhaskar

Addresses: Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Noida, India ' University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibra, Oman

Abstract: The present study explores the role of teachers' personal dispositional factors in determining their willingness to adopt virtual reality (VR) applications in teaching. Premised in the Indian context, the study focuses on the perceptions of B-school teachers regarding the adoption of VR technology in the 'management' discipline of higher education. The proposed model was empirically tested using cross sectional design. The primary data was gathered through a survey of 508 teachers at 50 B-schools in the NCR of Delhi, India. Exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to statistically analyse the data. The findings of the study suggest that the technology-related personal characteristics of teachers such as, computer expertise, computer self-efficacy, and personal innovativeness; personality traits such as, extraversion, conscientiousness and openness to experience; and demographic characteristic such as age, significantly predict the intention of teachers regarding adoption of VR technology in management education.

Keywords: virtual reality; management education; teachers; personality traits; personal characteristics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2023.127719

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2023 Vol.15 No.1, pp.28 - 50

Received: 30 Jul 2020
Accepted: 09 Dec 2020
Published online: 15 Dec 2022 *