Computer playfulness and anxiety: positive and negative mediators of the system experience effect on perceived ease of use

被引:306
作者
Hackbarth, G
Grover, V
Yi, MY [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ S Carolina, Moore Sch Business, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[2] Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA USA
[3] Clemson Univ, Clemson, SC USA
关键词
computer anxiety; computer playfulness; ease of use; system experience; technology acceptance; IS implementation;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00006-X
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Perceived ease of use plays a critical role in predicting and determining a user's decision to use an information system. Users perceive a system easier to use as they gain more knowledge and confidence through direct experience in using the system. Our research traced the link between system experience and ease of use via both positive (computer playfulness) and negative (computer anxiety) responses using a sample of 116 users of electronic spreadsheets. As expected, system experience was significantly related to perceived ease of use. Both computer playfulness and computer anxiety were found to be significant mediators of the effect that system experience has on ease of use. However, the effect was fully mediated only by computer anxiety, revealing that the negative side of user reaction is a more potent mechanism than the positive side. Moreover, the findings indicate that those interventions found to influence the mediating variable of computer anxiety should be used to effectively enhance ease, of use perceptions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:221 / 232
页数:12
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