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The technology acceptance model (TAM) has been used in much of the research into technology diffusion conducted in the United States and other developed Western countries. There is, however, no empirical evidence that information-technology acceptance models established in developed countries can apply equally well to less-developed countries without some modification to account for the different context. This article questions the appropriateness of the traditional TAM model for the study of the attitude of managers towards Wireless device to facilitate communication between project team in a Jordan. It discusses the literature and presents the preliminary results of an investigation into the penetration of wireless device to facilitate communication between project team in Jordan, a strategic developing country of the Middle East. The continuously growing number of mobile users demonstrates that more and more users seek to benefit from the freedom afforded without the need for cables, time and place. The research results are used to suggest and evaluate modifications to the TAM to make it more relevant for research on technological acceptance in less- developed and developing countries. Perception of usefulness and ease of use are addressed in this study as factors that can play an important role together with the managers' attitudes and the beliefs in the process of adoption of Wireless device to facilitate communication between project team in a Jordan. The paper concerns research questions, which concern the consumer behaviour in the context of Wireless device. It describes an empirical study aimed to quantify and understand the usability factors that will drive the development of Wireless device services. The results demonstrated that the attitudes managers' toward the use of wireless device to facilitate communication between project team in Jordan are positive and the inferred that there is an effect of the managers' perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of wireless device on their attitudes toward using wireless device to facilitate communication between project team. A review of the literature and an exploratory study in the Jordanian context suggests that, the technology acceptance model, which is the basis of this research, may be useful although it may need to be extended to include specific issues of culture and trust on the customer side and more basic elements of quality in technology usability and service. Finally, this paper concludes with a summary, implications and limitations of the study results, presented and discussed in the more general terms
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