Kupfer A, Kehr F, Tiefenbeck V (2016)
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution
Publication year: 2016
Event location: Istanbul, Turkey
Self-tracking, or the desire to quantify one’s own behaviour by means of personal information systems,
has developed from a niche activity for early adopters to a mass phenomenon. Despite its increasing
spread in society, however, little is known about the drivers of technology adoption and use in this
specific domain. Addressing this gap, the research-in-progress at hand aims to (1) theorize on the role
of self-tracking attitudes – defined as specific consumer attitudes in the self-tracking context, and (2)
present a research plan with the goal of developing a self-report scale capable to measure selftracking attitudes. We present the results of a first literature review and of 24 explorative expert interviews conducted to identify relevant cognitive, affective and conative concepts related to self-tracking
attitudes. The results constitute a first step to develop a measurement scale that aims to contribute to
adoption research and the development of successful self-tracking systems.
APA:
Kupfer, A., Kehr, F., & Tiefenbeck, V. (2016). Towards a measurement scale for self-tracking: Attitudes and user characteristics. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016). Istanbul, Turkey.
MLA:
Kupfer, Anna, Flavius Kehr, and Verena Tiefenbeck. "Towards a measurement scale for self-tracking: Attitudes and user characteristics." Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016), Istanbul, Turkey 2016.
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