Clarifying the Use of Formative Measurement in the IS Discipline: The Case of Computer Self-Efficacy.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hardin, Andrew M.; Chang, Jerry Cha-Jan; Fuller, Mark A.
- Source
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems. Sep2008, Vol. 9 Issue 9, p544-546. 4p.
- Subject
- *INFORMATION resources management
*RESEARCH
*INFORMATION professionals
*INFORMATION technology
COMPUTER reliability
SOCIAL informatics
SELF-efficacy
FORMATIVE tests
EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements
- Language
- ISSN
- 1536-9323
The article offers insights on the use of formative measurement in the information system (IS) discipline. It focuses on the comment which warns researchers on the pitfalls of misapplying formative measures in information system domain as well as on the issues related to computer self-efficacy (CSE) and formative measurement. It then asserts that formative indicator weights are sued in determining the conceptual meaning of constructs and notes that the conceptual definition of CSE will likely differ as they are used in different research models and contexts.