Roles of alternative and self-oriented perspectives in the context of the continued use of social network sites |
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| Authors: | Young Sik Kang Jinyoung Min Jeoungkun Kim Heeseok Lee |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Business Administration, Myongji University, Seoul, South Korea;2. Business School, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea;3. School of Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan-si, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | Individuals with a positive evaluation of a target system are likely to continue using the system, and this sustained use is likely to result in continued use. This target-oriented perspective has served as a major conceptual framework for understanding users’ behaviors in online contexts. The primary objective of this paper is to address two additional perspectives—alternative- and self-oriented perspectives—for a firmer understanding of continued use in the context of social network sites (SNS). A research model is built by employing regret and self-image congruity to represent these two perspectives. The model also examines the condition under which habits are formed and how this automatic mechanism influences the dynamics of the nomological network between intentions and behaviors. The analysis results of two rounds of surveys for capturing the actual link between intentions and behaviors indicate that regret and self-image congruity can play crucial roles in post-adoption phenomena in the context of SNS. |
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| Keywords: | Social network sites Continued IS use IS habit Self-image congruity Regret |
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