Effect of Personal Innovativeness, Attachment Motivation and Social Norms on the Acceptance of Camera Mobile Phones: An Empirical Study in an Arab Country

  • Authors:
  • Kamel Rouibah;Hasan A. Abbas

  • Affiliations:
  • Kuwait University, Kuwait;Kuwait University, Kuwait

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Handheld Computing Research
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This study develops a model to assess the consumer acceptance of Camera Mobile Phone CMP technology for social interaction. While there has been considerable research on technology adoption in the workplace, far fewer studies have been done to understand the motives of technology acceptance for social use. To fill in this gap, the authors develop a model that is based on the theory of the technology acceptance model, the theory of reasoned action, the attachment motivation theory, innovation diffusion theory, and the theory of flow. The first research methods used was a qualitative field study that identified the variables that most drive CMP acceptance and build the research model using a sample of 83 consumers. The second method was a quantitative field study, which collected from a sample of 240 consumers in Kuwait in order to test the model. Results reveal the "social use" and "use before shopping" uses, explaining 32.3% and 30% of the variance, respectively. Most importantly, the study reveals that personal innovativeness, attachment motivation, and social norms have an important effect on CMP acceptance.