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The Determinants of User Resistance to Adopting e-Books : Based on Innovation Characteristics and User Attitude

전자책 수용에 대한 사용자 저항 결정요인 : 혁신특성과 사용자태도를 중심으로

  • Lee, Aeri (Syergy Management Office, KT/Graduate School of Information, Yonsei University) ;
  • Choi, Jaewon (Graduate School of Information, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Kyung Kyu (Graduate School of Information, Yonsei University)
  • 이애리 (KT 시너지경영실/연세대학교 정보대학원 디지털비즈니스전공) ;
  • 최재원 (연세대학교 정보대학원) ;
  • 김경규 (연세대학교 정보대학원)
  • Received : 2012.09.27
  • Accepted : 2012.11.09
  • Published : 2012.11.30
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Abstract

The e-Book market has rapidly grown as an innovative product which is mixed its traditional and technological characteristics. However, decreasing user resistance to the e-Book is very important to continually keeping up its market growth. Previous studies for user resistance have been studied as a negative barrier for various innovative products with importance of user resistance. Nevertheless, the factors for user' resistance to the e-Book field have not been found out considering both perceived value and switching cost. Especially, both innovative technology and user specifics should be considered when explaining user resistance to adopting e-Books. Thus, the purpose of this study is to understand the process for user resistance to the e-book and find out its antecedents with perceived value and switching cost at the same time. As a result, it appeared that triability, uncertainty and complexity affected perceived value and switching cost. The user-based antecedents like social norm and perceived value increased the effect of self-efficacy. Also, self-efficacy and perceived value decreased user resistance whereas switching cost increase user resistance to the e-Book perspective.

혁신제품의 하나인 전자책(e-Book)은 기존도서와 기술적 특성을 결합한 혁신적인 컨버전스 제품으로 매우 빠른 성장이 기대되고 있다. 그러나 향후 전자책의 지속 성장을 위해서는 사용자 저항감을 최대한 감소시키는 것이 매우 중요한 요소가 된다. 사용자 저항은 신기술에 대한 사용자들의 지속적 성장의 장애요소로서 제시되어 왔으며 다양한 제품과 관련된 사용자 저항 연구들이 제시되어 왔다. 그러나 전자책과 관련된 사용자 저항 형성 과정과 선행 요인에 대한 연구는 많지 않다. 본연구의 목적은 전자책에 대한 사용자 저항감을 혁신기술 특성과 사용자 특성의 관점으로 구분하여 사용자 저항감에 미치는 요인들을 확인하고 사용자 저항감의 형성과정을 확인하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는, 혁신특성에 대한 요인으로 시용성, 불확실성, 복잡성, 적합성을 도출하였으며 사용자 특성으로 사회적 규범과 자기효능감을 활용하였다. 연구 결과, 시용성, 불확실성, 복잡성은 각각 지각된 가치와 전환비용에 영향을 미치는 변수로 제시되었으며 사회적 규범, 지각적 가치, 자기효능감의 관계를 확인하였다. 또한 자기효능감, 지각된 가치는 사용자 저항의 감소에 영향을 주었다.

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