A Conceptual and Operational Definition of Personal Innovativeness in the Domain of Information Technology.

Author List: Agarwal, Ritu; Prasad, Jayesh;
Information Systems Research, 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2, Page 204-215.
The acceptance of new information technologies by their intended users persists as an important issue for researchers and practitioners of information systems. Several models have been developed in the literature to facilitate understanding of the process by which new information technologies are adopted. This paper proposes a new construct that further illuminates the relationships explicit in the technology acceptance models and describes an operational measure for this construct that possesses desirable psychometric properties. The construct, personal innovativeness in the domain of information technology, is hypothesized to exhibit moderating effects on the antecedents as well as the consequences of individual perceptions about a new information technology. The construct was developed and validated in the context of the innovation represented by the World-Wide Web. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Keywords: Innovation; Instrument Development; IT Adaption; IT Implementation; Personal Innovativeness; World-Wide Web
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#124 0.181 validity reliability measure constructs construct study research measures used scale development nomological scales instrument measurement researchers developed validation discriminant results
#127 0.163 systems information research theory implications practice discussed findings field paper practitioners role general important key grounded researchers domain new identified
#35 0.129 technology organizational information organizations organization new work perspective innovation processes used technological understanding technologies transformation consequences perspectives use administrative economic
#155 0.128 technology research information individual context acceptance use technologies suggests need better personality factors new traits telemedicine adoption examined does management
#83 0.127 personal computers use lead order using users pcs innovativeness understanding professional help forces gained usage increase trends parallel introduced expressed
#116 0.087 research study influence effects literature theoretical use understanding theory using impact behavior insights examine influences mechanisms specifically context perspective findings
#216 0.084 conceptual model modeling object-oriented domain models entities representation understanding diagrams schema semantic attributes represented representing object relationships concepts classes entity-relationship
#78 0.067 planning strategic process management plan operational implementation critical used tactical effectiveness number identified activities years effective developed issues empirical plans