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The Effect of Cognitive Absorption on the Individual Intention of Technology Acceptance: An Empirical Study on the MP3 Player  

Kim, Bo-Youn (서울대학교 경영대학)
Lee, Sang-Gun (아주대학교 경영대학 e-비즈니스학부)
Kang, Min-Cheol (아주대학교 경영대학 e-비즈니스학부)
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Asia pacific journal of information systems / v.16, no.1, 2006 , pp. 45-69 More about this Journal
Abstract
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been widely used to predict user's behavior to accept the technology. Prior researches have been mainly focused on innovation constructs such as perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. However, very little research has been conducted to understand individual mental beliefs in technology acceptance and imitation influence. This study integrates Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Flow Theory (FT) and Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DIT). This paper indicates that imitation context, cognitive absorption (CA) based Flow theory and innovation context are the three important factors influencing user acceptance of information technologies. The proposed model has been tested among 232 users of MP3 players. Results showed that innovation context and cognitive absorption have positive influences on intention to use technology. Not all factors of the imitation context have direct effect on intention to use. However, we found that imitation context has positive influence on intention to use technology through cognitive absorption.
Keywords
Product Life Cycle; Technology Acceptance Model; Flow Theory; Cognitive Absorption;
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