University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations 2016 Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining the Situational Theory of Problem Solving and Technology Acceptance Model to Promote Mobile Donations for Nonprofit Organizations Yue Zheng University of South Carolina Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Mass Communication Commons Recommended Citation Zheng, Y.(2016). Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining the Situational Theory of Problem Solving and Technology Acceptance Model to Promote Mobile Donations for Nonprofit Organizations. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/3797 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining the Situational Theory of Problem Solving and Technology Acceptance Model to Promote Mobile Donations for Nonprofit Organizations by Yue Zheng Bachelor of Arts Renmin University of China, 2008 Master of Science Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 2012 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications College of Information and Communications University of South Carolina 2016 Accepted by: Brooke W. McKeever, Major Professor Andrea H. Tanner, Committee Member S. Mo Jang, Committee Member Daniela B. Friedman, Committee Member Lacy Ford, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies © Copyright by Yue Zheng, 2016 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION To my parents, who consistently support my career in academia. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A dissertation cannot be finished by entirely one person.