Habit in the context of IS continuance: theory extension and scale development

Defining “IS habit” as the extent to which using a particular IS has become automatic in response to certain situations, we developed a reliable and validated scale to measure the construct. The final scale was tested in the context of a theoretical model developed based on recent work on IS continuance. The central idea of this model is to consider habit as a moderator of the relationship between intention and continuous IS usage. The paper describes the scale development process and presents the resulting 6-item measurement instrument. Furthermore, it reports on the results of using the scale to test the “moderator-hypothesis”. Keywords Habit, IS continuance, instrument development, post-adoption

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ECIS
• Authors: Moez Limayem, Sabine Gabriele Hirt, Christy M. K. Cheung
• Keywords: Continuous Is Usage, ECIS 2003, Information Technology, Scale Development Process, Validated Scale