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Smart wearables are revolutionising how users communicate and acquire information. Yet, the user benefits of smart wearables largely depend on the devices' ability to collect and analyze a large amount of user data, shaping smart wearables-privacy paradox. The current study explores user responses to the smart wearables-privacy paradox through a survey with smartwatch users (N = 494). Using a cluster analysis method, we identified three distinct groups of smartwatch users - ambivalent, benefit-oriented, and neutral - based on their responses to the smart wearables-privacy paradox. The ambivalent users, who exhibit high levels of both perceived benefit and privacy concerns, were the largest group, followed by benefit-oriented, and neutral groups. We found that the ambivalent users, compared to the benefit-oriented users, tend to be young, male and highly educated, and to show high levels of technology self-efficacy and smartwatch usage. However, the ambivalent users displayed less positive attitudes and a lower continued intention of using the smartwatches than the benefit-oriented users. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2021 | 10.1080/0144929X.2020.1778787 | BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
smart wearables-privacy paradox, smartwatch, privacy concern, cluster analysis | Journal | 40 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
16 | 0144-929X | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Hyunjin Kang | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
Eun Hwa Jung | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |