The IT Security Adoption Conundrum: An Initial Step Toward Validation of Applicable Measures
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Within information systems research, technology adoption is one of the most widely investigated and accepted research streams.Since its inception nearly two decades ago, conceptual models of the individual adoption decision, such as the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis 1989) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (Venkatesh et al. 2003), have been used in a variety of circumstances with sustained success.However, recent findings suggest constructs borrowed from technology adoption literature are less applicable in the case of security adoption (Warkentin et al. 2004).Unfortunately, there has been little empirical evidence available to substantiate or refute this claim.In an attempt to address this void, the authors have undertaken a multi-phase research approach in which a representative sample of current IT adoption constructs are assessed as to their applicability within the IT security context.Consistent with the recent distinction between formative and reflective constructs, the authors followed a prescribed protocol and determined that perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU) are formative in nature -in contrast to previous studies.These findings have implications for the continued development of applicable measures of IT adoption in the security context as well as in other adoption studies.
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W168940009