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Examining the Effects of Perceived Enjoyment and Habit on Smartphone Addiction: The Role of User Type

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E-Technologies (MCETECH 2015)

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Existing studies have widely suggested that perceived enjoyment and habitual usage of information systems (IS) are favorable factors which lead to positive outcomes of IS adoption. In this study, we examine the dark sides of these factors with a sample of 384 respondents of smartphone users. Drawing upon previous research, we propose that perceived enjoyment can facilitate the formation of habit and smartphone addiction. However, habit shows no significant impact on smartphone addiction. Meanwhile, we argue that users who primarily use value-added functions of smartphone may experience higher enjoyment and easily form habitual usage behavior. Further, these users are more likely to become smartphone addicts. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations and future work directions are discussed.

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  1. School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

    Chongyang Chen & Kem Z. K. Zhang

  2. Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Chongyang Chen

  3. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Kem Z. K. Zhang

  4. Management School, Anhui University, Hefei, China

    Sesia J. Zhao

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Chen, C., Zhang, K.Z.K., Zhao, S.J. (2015). Examining the Effects of Perceived Enjoyment and Habit on Smartphone Addiction: The Role of User Type. In: Benyoucef, M., Weiss, M., Mili, H. (eds) E-Technologies. MCETECH 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 209. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17957-5_15

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