SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AND INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS TO COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY.

Author List: Compeau, Deborah; Higgins, Christopher A.; Huff, Sid;

MIS Quarterly, 1999, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 145-158.

A model, based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, was developed to test the influence of computer self-efficacy, outcome expectations, affect, and anxiety on computer usage. The model was tested using longitudinal data gathered from 394 end users over a one-year interval. Significant relationships were found between computer self-efficacy and outcome expectations, and between self-efficacy and affect and anxiety and use. Performance outcomes were found to influence affect and use, while affect was significantly related to use. Overall, the findings provide strong confirmation that both self-efficacy and outcome expectations impact on an individual's affective and behavioral reactions to information technology.

Keywords: causal models; IS usage; longitudinal; sell-efficacy

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#153	0.459	usage use self-efficacy social factors individual findings influence organizations beliefs individuals support anxiety technology workplace key outcome behavior contextual longitudinal
#140	0.200	model use theory technology intention information attitude acceptance behavioral behavior intentions research understanding systems continuance models planned percent attitudes predict
#173	0.144	effect impact affect results positive effects direct findings influence important positively model data suggest test factors negative affects significant relationship
#108	0.140	model research data results study using theoretical influence findings theory support implications test collected tested based empirical empirically context paper