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Usability Evaluation of Augmented Reality: A Neuro-Information-Systems Study
Published on: November 30, 2022
Trust is essential: positive effects of information systems on users' memory require trust in the system
Sarah M Meeßen1, Meinald T Thielsch1, Dennis M Riehle2
1Department of Organizational and Business Psychology, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
Initial results suggest that decision support systems (DSSs) can trigger 'directed forgetting' in business settings if users trust in the DSS. In the present study, we further examined this trust effect on DSS-cued forgetting and related positive effects on users' cognitive resources, performance, and well-being. Moreover, we investigated how trust translates into behavioural intentions to use a DSS, and into actual usage of the DSS. Finally, we examined if risk-related framing of decision outcomes (loss vs. gain framing) moderates trust effects on directed forgetting and behavioural intentions. In line with our expectations, results of an experiment with N = 200 participants confirmed that trust significantly enhances directed forgetting, performance, and well-being. Behavioural intentions fully mediated the trust effect on DSS use. Framing of decision outcomes showed no moderation but a main effect on directed forgetting, with loss framing reducing the directed forgetting effect. Practitioner summary: This experimental study demonstrates the importance of trust in information systems to leverage positive effects of these systems on users' cognitive resources, performance, and well-being in a simulated complex business setting. Abbreviations: DSS(s): decision support system(s); R-F: remember-forget difference; ANOVA: difference analysis of variance.
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