Paper Info
Title
You Change, I Change: An Empirical Investigation Of Users' Supported Incremental Technological Change In Mobile Social Media
Abstract
Purpose The intense competitive and dynamic environment in mobile social-media market forces service providers to introduce incremental technological changes to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what and how the user attitude to change influences members' behavioral support for incremental technological change in mobile social media service. Design/methodology/approach Using the tripartite model of attitude, this study examines the influence of the cognitive aspect (empowerment with change), affective aspect (arousal with change) and behavioral aspect (habit to change) of attitude toward change on members' behavioral support for incremental technological change. Drawing on the commitment to change theory, we assessed the underlying mechanism by which attitudes toward change influences behavioral support for incremental technological change through the two components of commitment to change (i.e. affective and normative commitment to change). We tested the model using structural equation modeling on the data collected from the popular mobile social media services in China. Findings Our results indicate that the effect of empowerment with change, arousal with change and habit to change varies with different dimensions of commitment to change and significant influence of commitment to change on members' behavioral support for incremental technological change. Practical implications The findings of this study contribute to better insights for services providers for implementing incremental technological change strategies. Originality/value This study contributes to the theory of incremental technological changes by empirical examination of the impacts of users' attitudes toward change on members' behavioral support for incremental technological change in mobile social media. The paper extends the commitment to change theory with the discussion of the mediating effect of commitment to change in the continuing members' behavioral support for incremental technological change in mobile social media.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1108/INTR-06-2019-0226
INTERNET RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Incremental technological change, Behavioral support for incremental technological change, Commitment to change, Tripartite model attitude toward change, Mobile social media
Journal
31
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1066-2243
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhao Pan1173.95
Yaobin Lu2103634.08
Sumeet Gupta3110657.47
Qian Hu400.34