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1、DevelopmentofanInstrumenttoMeasurethePerceptionsofAdoptinganInformationTechnologyInnovationGaryC.MooreFacultyofManagementTheUniversityofCalgaryCalgary.Alberta,CanadaT2N1N4IzakBenbasatFacultyofCommerceandBusinessAdministrationUniversityofBritishColumbiaVancouver,BritishColumbi
2、a,CanadaV6T1Y8Thispaperreportsonthedevelopmentofaninstrumentdesignedtomeasurethevariousperceptionsthatanindividualmayhaveofadoptinganinforma-tiontechnology(IT)innovation.ThisinstrumentisintendedtobeatoolforthestudyoftheinitialadoptionandeventualdiffusionofITinnovationswithino
3、rganizations.Whiletheadoptionofinformationtechnologiesbyindi-vidualsandorganizationshasbeenanareaofsubstantialresearchinterestsincetheearlydaysofcomputerization,researcheffortstodatehaveledtomixedandinconclusiveoutcomes.Thelackofatheoreticalfoundationforsuchresearchandinadequ
4、atedefinitionandmeasurementofconstructshavebeenidentifiedasmajorcausesforsuchoutcomes.Inarecentstudyexamin-ingthediffusionofnewend-userIT,wedecidedtofocusonmeasuringthepotentialadopters'perceptionsofthetechnology.Measuringsuchpercep-tionshasbeentermeda"classicissue"intheinnov
5、ationdiffusionliterature,andakeytointegratingthevariousfindingsofdiffusionresearch.Theper-ceptionsofadoptingwereinitiallybasedonthefivecharacteristicsofinnova-tionsderivedbyRogers(1983)fromthediffusionofinnovationsliterature,plustwodevelopedspecificallywithinthisstudy.Oftheex
6、istingscalesformeasuringthesecharacteristics,veryfewhadtherequisitelevelsofvalidityandreliability.Forthisstudy,bothnewlycreatedandexistingitemswereplacedinacommonpoolandsubjectedtofourroundsofsortingbyjudgestoestablishwhichitemsshouldbeinthevariousscales.Theobjectivewastoveri
7、fytheconvergentanddiscriminantvalidityofthescalesbyexamininghowtheitemsweresortedintovariousconstructcategories.Analysisofinter-judgeagreementaboutitemplacementidentifiedbothbaditemsaswellasweaknessesinsomeoftheconstructs'originaldefinitions.Theseweresubse-quentlyredefined.Sc
8、alesfortheresultingconstructsweresubjectedtothreeseparatefieldtests.
