Computer Playfulness, Openness to Experience, and Computer Loafing

摘要

This research sought a deeper understanding of a frequently examined IT trait, i.e., computer playfulness, in two respects. First, complementing prior studies identifying its many favorable user outcomes related to technology adoption and use, this research demonstrates that it can also lead to adverse implications, such as nonwork-related technology use at work, or computer loafing, which has received little attention in IT research. Second, to ground playfulness in the larger individual trait literature, this study explores its conceptual foundation in the Big Five trait of openness to experience and demonstrates their empirical linkage. Implications of the findings are discussed.