TPB AND MES: A COMPARISON OF BEHAVIORAL INTENTION FINDINGS REGARDING IT IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING

摘要

Information technology is a profound part of every student's life. However, students are notalways aware of the ethical ramifications of their use or misuse of information technology. Thisstudy examines two theories – Theory of Planned Behavior and Multidimensional Ethics Scale –as to influences on a student's behavioral intention in an academic setting in order to determinewhich theory more accurately predicts behavioral intention. The results indicate that MESprovides more explanatory power in two scenarios, but TPB has more significant influences onbehavioral intention in three of the scenarios. A discussion of the findings and implications isgiven.