Curse or Blessing? Combining Personality Traits and Technology Acceptance to Investigate the Intention to Use of Digital Contact Tracing in Germany

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dc.contributor.author Weissenfels, Silke
dc.contributor.author Kappler, Karolin Eva
dc.contributor.author Smolnik, Stefan
dc.contributor.author Menzel, Mark
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-24T17:55:38Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-24T17:55:38Z
dc.date.issued 2022-01-04
dc.description.abstract In order to trace the transmission of COVID-19, digital contact tracing (DCT) provides an enormous value for the public health. However, the acceptance of the German contact tracing app, the Corona-Warn-App (CWA), falls short of the expected coverage in the general public. Accordingly, this study focuses on investigating the influencing factors on the CWA’s acceptance to demystify the missing puzzle and to face future pandemics. To assess this objective comprehensively, we investigate personality traits (guiding perception and behavior), subjective norm (expressing social influence), and trust in technology on acceptance variables. Our empirical results emphasize that besides the personality traits conscientiousness and agreeableness, perceived usefulness, subjective norm, and trust in technology play a vital role for engagement with the CWA. Our research offers starting points for the use of mobile health solutions, particularly in early epidemic stages.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2022.496
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79832
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Personal Health and Wellness Management with Technologies
dc.subject covid-19 digital contact tracing
dc.subject personality traits
dc.subject subjective norm
dc.subject technology acceptance
dc.subject trust in technology
dc.title Curse or Blessing? Combining Personality Traits and Technology Acceptance to Investigate the Intention to Use of Digital Contact Tracing in Germany
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