2008 PROCEEDINGS - Public Relations Society of America
2008 PROCEEDINGS - Public Relations Society of America
2008 PROCEEDINGS - Public Relations Society of America
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Table 3<br />
Scale reliability<br />
Cronbach Alpha Mean Inter-Item<br />
Correlation<br />
Performance Expectancy .804 .518<br />
Effort Expectancy .843 .586<br />
Social Influence .835 .559<br />
Facilitating Conditions .764 .431<br />
Self-Efficacy .557 .239<br />
Anxiety .836 .557<br />
Attitude .885 .660<br />
Behavioral Intent .963 .898<br />
The individual hypotheses <strong>of</strong> the UTATU were then tested using hierarchical multiple<br />
regression (HMR) in the steps indicated by the UTAUT research report and summarized in table<br />
4 below. Specific details <strong>of</strong> each test <strong>of</strong> the hypothesis follow.<br />
Table 4<br />
Decision matrix<br />
Hypothesis Dependent<br />
Variable<br />
Behavioral<br />
H1<br />
Intention<br />
Behavioral<br />
H2<br />
Intention<br />
H3<br />
H4a<br />
Behavioral<br />
Intention<br />
Behavioral<br />
Intention<br />
Independent Variable Moderators Decision<br />
Performance Expectancy Gender, Age<br />
Effort Expectancy<br />
Social Influence<br />
Facilitation Conditions<br />
H4b Usage Facilitating Conditions<br />
H5a<br />
Behavioral<br />
Intention<br />
Computer Self-efficacy<br />
Gender, Age,<br />
Experience<br />
Gender, Age<br />
Voluntariness,<br />
Experience<br />
None<br />
Age,<br />
Experience<br />
None<br />
Reject<br />
(r = .685, n=338, p