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Factors Affecting Sustainable Web Technology Adoption : Pro-social Behavior Perspectives

지속가능한 웹 기술 수용에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구 : 친사회적 행동 관점

  • Received : 2014.09.29
  • Accepted : 2014.11.18
  • Published : 2014.11.30
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Abstract

Examination of the various impact factors on adoption sustainable IT can influence on the potential for creating sustainable businesses in today's society. However, the societal factor out of environmental factors, which stimulates customer intention to use sustainable IT, has seldom been investigated. In this paper, we examine the adoption of sustainable web technology from the pro-social behavior perspective. The concept of sustainable IT is theoretically examined based on social exchange theory. An empirical investigation is conducted into customer intention to use new sustainable IT. The results indicate that customers care about the social responsibility and usefulness of the sustainable IT-based services they choose. In this study, the social features of web technology and their influences on adoption are verified empirically for the first time. In addition, pro-sociality is identified as necessary to a perception of the socially responsible features of information technology. Furthermore, pro-social adoption behavior in the beginning stages of sustainable IT use is elucidated.

오늘날 지속가능성을 위한 사업 기회 창출을 위해 지속가능한 정보기술에 대한 수용이 사회적으로 미치는 영향에 대한 연구가 절실함에도 불구하고, 환경적 영향 요인 외의 여러 사회적 영향 요인들에 대한 연구는 많이 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 지속가능한 웹 기술 환경에서 소비자의 친사회적 행동이 지속가능한 정보기술 수용에 미치는 요인들을 탐구한다. 그리고 지속가능한 정보기술 개념에 대한 이론적 근거는 사회적 교환 이론에 두었다. 이론적 근거를 토대로 지속가능한 웹 서비스 신기술에 대한 소비자들의 사용 의도를 실증적으로 검증하였다. 실증적 연구 결과, 소비자들은 자신들이 웹 기술 서비스의 사회적 책임성과 사회적 유용성을 고려하여 수용 선택을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 논문은 지속가능한 정보 기술의 수용에 있어서 해당 기술이 가진 사회적 특성과 영향력을 처음으로 실증적으로 검증한 연구이다. 아울러 지속가능한 정보기술의 초기 도입 단계 수용에서 기술의 사회 책임적 특성과 유용성을 인식하는데 있어 소비자의 친사회적 성향이 중요한 선행 요인으로 작용한다는 것을 본 연구를 통해 밝혔다.

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