Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model
From a corporate social responsibility perspective, there are many reasons to promote teleconference use as an alternative to business travel. The present study examines psychosocial and organizational factors relevant to teleconference use. We tested an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model of...
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| author | Siu Hing Lo Gerard J.P. van Breukelen Gjalt-Jorn Y. Peters Gerjo Kok |
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| description | From a corporate social responsibility perspective, there are many reasons to promote teleconference use as an alternative to business travel. The present study examines psychosocial and organizational factors relevant to teleconference use. We tested an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model of teleconference use among office workers of four organizations. Results indicate that intention was the strongest direct predictor of teleconference use. Habit and perceived norm, in turn, were the strongest predictors of intention to use teleconference. In contrast, attitude was only weakly predictive and perceived control not predictive at all of intention to use teleconference. We also examined how this model was influenced by the organizational context by comparing organizations from two different regions, and organizations from the private vs. the public sector. Most teleconference-related beliefs differed between regions and organizational sectors. The relevance of specific attitudinal and normative beliefs to the overall attitude and perceived norm also differed between organizational sectors. Implications for practice and future research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-038cbefb57f642b18f8d70911fefc6be2022-12-22T03:31:15ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872014-02-0141517010.3390/admsci4010051admsci4010051Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior ModelSiu Hing Lo0Gerard J.P. van Breukelen1Gjalt-Jorn Y. Peters2Gerjo Kok3University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UKMaastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsOpen University of the Netherlands, P.O. Box 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen, The NetherlandsMaastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsFrom a corporate social responsibility perspective, there are many reasons to promote teleconference use as an alternative to business travel. The present study examines psychosocial and organizational factors relevant to teleconference use. We tested an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model of teleconference use among office workers of four organizations. Results indicate that intention was the strongest direct predictor of teleconference use. Habit and perceived norm, in turn, were the strongest predictors of intention to use teleconference. In contrast, attitude was only weakly predictive and perceived control not predictive at all of intention to use teleconference. We also examined how this model was influenced by the organizational context by comparing organizations from two different regions, and organizations from the private vs. the public sector. Most teleconference-related beliefs differed between regions and organizational sectors. The relevance of specific attitudinal and normative beliefs to the overall attitude and perceived norm also differed between organizational sectors. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/4/1/51teleconference useorganizational sectorregionoffice workerstheory of planned behaviormultigroup structural equation modeling |
| spellingShingle | Siu Hing Lo Gerard J.P. van Breukelen Gjalt-Jorn Y. Peters Gerjo Kok Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model Administrative Sciences teleconference use organizational sector region office workers theory of planned behavior multigroup structural equation modeling |
| title | Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model |
| title_full | Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model |
| title_fullStr | Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model |
| title_short | Teleconference Use among Office Workers: An Interorganizational Comparison of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Model |
| title_sort | teleconference use among office workers an interorganizational comparison of an extended theory of planned behavior model |
| topic | teleconference use organizational sector region office workers theory of planned behavior multigroup structural equation modeling |
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