[Summary from: Journal of Distance Education, 2009]
This study explores the attitudes towards and affecting online learning implementation. The authors propose that faculty acceptance of online learning is influenced by attitudes related to four variables that affect practice change: intellectual resistance, support, change and cost-benefit.

Mitchell, B., Geva-May, I., (2009). Attitudes Affecting Online Learning Implementation in Higher Education Institutions, Journal of Distance Education, 23 (1).