Microcomputer playfulness: stable or dynamic trait?
ACM SIGMIS Database
Issues and opinion on structural equation modeling
MIS Quarterly
The future of diffusion research
ACM SIGMIS Database - Special issue on adoption, diffusion, and infusion of IT
Information Systems Research
Developing and Validating Trust Measures for e-Commerce: An Integrative Typology
Information Systems Research
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue on HCI and MIS
Information Systems Research
Has the Internet become indispensable?
Communications of the ACM - Has the Internet become indispensable?
Internet anxiety: An empirical study of the effects of personality, beliefs, and social support
Information and Management
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Understanding user acceptance of multimedia messaging services: An empirical study
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
HICSS '08 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Examining Trust in Information Technology Artifacts: The Effects of System Quality and Culture
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Research Note---Social Interactions and the “Digital Divide”: Explaining Variations in Internet Use
Information Systems Research
Who interacts on the Web?: The intersection of users' personality and social media use
Computers in Human Behavior
Information and Management
Computers in Human Behavior
Birds of a feather: How personality influences blog writing and reading
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
User acceptance of hedonic information systems
MIS Quarterly
Factors that affect visually impaired users' acceptance of audio and music websites
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
A heuristic-systematic model of end-user information processing when encountering IS exceptions
Information and Management
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As it evolves, the World Wide Web (the Web) increasingly reveals the potential to enhance new aspects of our daily lives. While some take full advantage of the Web's diverse and cutting edge offerings, others choose to limit the extent of their utilization to a small subset of the Web's available functions. Recognizing this variation, a growing body of research investigates the drivers of usage behavior on the Web. Individual differences, namely broad personality and IT-specific traits, are highlighted within this stream as important predictors of Web use. Although substantial progress has been made, an important issue still facing trait research in this area is the absence of a theory-grounded basis for inter-relating broad personality and IT-specific traits. As a result, the accumulation of extant trait research is characterized by a disjointed assortment of trait constructs lacking clear theoretical linkages with one another. Additionally, while numerous studies have investigated isolated Web usage behaviors, an important outcome that remains under-investigated is the extent of an individual's utilization of the Web overall. Addressing these issues, the current study leverages the hierarchical view of traits to develop a theory-grounded, integrative model of broad personality and IT-specific traits. After developing the hierarchical model, the integrated network of traits is positioned as a direct antecedent of Web utilization and empirically tested via a two-stage field survey of 230 Web users. The results corroborate most of the hypotheses, providing support for the hierarchical view and extending the knowledge base on Web-user behavior. Overall, this study unifies disjointed personality and IT-specific trait constructs and offers theoretical guidance for future studies, introducing a much-needed ground for cumulative tradition within this stream.