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Face-to-face or not-to-face: A technology preference for communication
Noor Ismawati Jaafar1, Bobby Darmawan, Mohd Yahya Mohamed Ariffin
11 Department of Operations and Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia .
Abstract:
This study employed the Model of Technology Preference (MTP) to explain the relationship of the variables as the antecedents of behavioral intention to adopt a social networking site (SNS) for communication. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to SNS account users using paper-based and web-based surveys that led to 514 valid responses. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that two out of three attributes of the attribute-based preference (ATRP) affect attitude-based preference (ATTP). The data support the hypotheses that perceived enjoyment and social presence are predictors of ATTP. In this study, the findings further indicated that ATTP has no relationship with the behavioral intention of using SNS, but it has a relationship with the attitude of using SNS. SNS development should provide features that ensure enjoyment and social presence for users to communicate instead of using the traditional face-to-face method of communication.
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