One for all, all for one: Social considerations in user acceptance of contact tracing apps using longitudinal evidence from Germany and Switzerland

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Authors

We propose a conceptual model of acceptance of contact tracing apps based on the privacy calculus perspective. Moving beyond the duality of personal benefits and privacy risks, we theorize that users hold social considerations (i.e., social benefits and risks) that underlie their acceptance decisions. To test our propositions, we chose the context of COVID-19 contact tracing apps and conducted a qualitative pre-study and longitudinal quantitative main study with 589 participants from Germany and Switzerland. Our findings confirm the prominence of individual privacy calculus in explaining intention to use and actual behavior. While privacy risks are a significant determinant of intention to use, social risks (operationalized as fear of mass surveillance) have a notably stronger impact. Our mediation analysis suggests that social risks represent the underlying mechanism behind the observed negative link between individual privacy risks and contact tracing apps' acceptance. Furthermore, we find a substantial intention–behavior gap.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer102473
ZeitschriftInternational Journal of Information Management
Jahrgang64
Anzahl der Seiten16
ISSN0268-4012
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 06.2022
Extern publiziertJa

Bibliographische Notiz

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors

DOI

Zuletzt angesehen

Publikationen

  1. Zittern – Rebellieren – Sterben
  2. Introduction bias affects relationships between the characteristics of ornamental alien plants and their naturalization success
  3. Pre-service teachers’ ability to identify academic language features
  4. Das Programm MindMatters. Aspekte salutogener und inklusiver Unterrichtsaspekte
  5. The grey haired gaming generation
  6. Induced technological change in a multi-regional, multi-sectoral, integrated assessment model (WIAGEM)
  7. Workerism
  8. "Wozu braucht es noch Bibliotheken? Analyse des IFLA-Trend-Reports"
  9. Do all new brooms sweep clean?
  10. Selbstorganisation managen
  11. Mixed impressions
  12. Positive psychology interventions
  13. Should we tame it, cage it or kill it?
  14. Heidegger reads Goethe. A polyphonic "Dialogue" (approx. 1910 to 1976)
  15. Ciprofloxacin in Hospital Effluent
  16. Watery Milieus
  17. Climate change adaptation strategies within the framework of the German “Energiewende” – Is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations?
  18. Public Value - Gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung als unternehmerische Pflicht
  19. § 292 Haftung bei Herausgabepflicht
  20. Emanzipation und Gewalt
  21. Digitisation and Sustainable Development
  22. Devils from our past
  23. Protected area management in a post-natural world
  24. Vegan labeling for what is already vegan
  25. Hilf mir es selbst zu tun
  26. Measuring the Similarity of MDS Configurations
  27. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and goethite promote carbon sequestration via hyphal-aggregate mineral interactions
  28. A temporal analysis of how entrepreneurial goal intentions, positive fantasies, and action planning affect starting a new venture and when the effects wear off.