Title:	SELF-PROPHECY VERSUS BEHAVIORAL INTENTION
Author(s):	Bruce D. Green
ISBN:	978-972-8939-73-1
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes, Guo Chao Peng, Jörg Roth, Hans Weghorn and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2012
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Self-prophecy, TAM, Behavioral Intention
Type:	Reflection Paper
First Page:	91
Last Page:	94
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Business studies of consumer behavior have described the Self-prophecy effect as the phenomenon where a person who is asked about future behavior is more likely to perform the expressed behavior than a person who was never asked. Self-prophecy effect is relevant to survey-based Information Systems (IS) research where participants are asked about Behavioral-intention-to-use an IS, because it calls into question the predictive validity of the Behavioral-intention-to-use measure. This paper suggests that a different approach may be required in post-implementation technology acceptance studies; an approach that requires the use of a control group. There is a great deal of published IS research where participants are asked to self-predict usage of an IS and a better understanding of the Self-prophecy effect is thereby warranted. A literature review is presented with suggestions for future study regarding the Self-prophecy effect and implications for IS research.
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