ATTITUDES TOWARD MICROCOMPUTERS - DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCT-VALIDATION OF A MEASURE

This paper reports the results of two studies involving the development and construct validation of a measure of attitudes toward microcomputers. The instrument was factor analytically derived and tested in two separate field studies of employed adults working in a variety of organizations. The composite 20-item attitude measure encompasses cognitive, affective, and behavioral components, and was found to have acceptable levels of internal consistency reliability in both the development and validation studies. The hypothesized nomological network of relationships of attitudes toward microcomputers with both antecedent variables (age, gender, computer experience, user training, and organizational support) as well as outcome variables such as system usage and user satisfaction was confirmed, providing further evidence of the construct validity of the instrument. © 1991 Academic Press Limited.