Journal article
Beyond information quality: Fitness for purpose and electronic information resource use
Journal of Information Science, Vol.21(2), pp.95-114
1995
Abstract
The accuracy, currency, relevance and ease of use of elec tronic information resources can be measured to provide an indication of the resource's 'product quality'. The link between product quality and electronic information resource use is, however, relatively weak. This is because product quality is only one of several influences on use. Use is better explained as a function of 'fitness for purpose': the extent to which the information resource is of appropriate quality for the situation in which it is to be used. Potential users' perceptions of fitness for purpose are formed by con venience and, most significantly, the extent to which poten tial users believe using the resource will benefit them. Several potential explanatory models of internet use, includ ing the Technology Assessment Model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour, are compared in this paper.
Details
- Title
- Beyond information quality: Fitness for purpose and electronic information resource use
- Authors/Creators
- J.E. Klobas (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Information Science, Vol.21(2), pp.95-114
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005545073007891
- Copyright
- © 1995, Sage Publications
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.3 Management
- 6.3.368 Technology Acceptance Model
- Web Of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Information Systems
- Information Science & Library Science
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general