Dispositional Factors in Internet Use: Personality versus Cognitive Style

Dispositional Factors in Internet Use: Personality versus Cognitive Style

This study directly tests the effect of personality and cognitive style on three measures of Internet use. The results support the use of personality-but not cognitive style-as an antecedent variable. After controlling for computer anxiety, self-efficacy, and gender, including the "Big Five&quo...

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Veröffentlicht in:MIS quarterly 2007-12, Vol.31 (4), p.809-820
Hauptverfasser: McElroy, James C., Hendrickson, Anthony R., Townsend, Anthony M., DeMarie, Samuel M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anxiety
Behavior
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive models
Cognitive style
Information storage and retrieval systems
Information technology
Internet
Management science
Personality
Personality psychology
Psychological attitudes
Research Note
Self efficacy
Statistical analysis
Technology adoption
Users
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Zusammenfassung:This study directly tests the effect of personality and cognitive style on three measures of Internet use. The results support the use of personality-but not cognitive style-as an antecedent variable. After controlling for computer anxiety, self-efficacy, and gender, including the "Big Five" personality factors in the analysis significantly adds to the predictive capabilities of the dependent variables. Including cognitive style does not. The results are discussed in terms of the role of personality and cognitive style in models of technology adoption and use.
ISSN:0276-7783
2162-9730
DOI:10.2307/25148821