Post-Test Instrument

This questionnaire is based on the work of Moore and Benbasat (1991), who developed an instrument to test user attitudes towards personal workstations.

The following version was developed by Janette Bradley (1997) to test user attitudes towards refereed, Web-based journals. Subjects were exposed to a refereed, Web-based journal prior to taking this test. The instrument was found to be reliable and valid for this purpose. It was also found to be an effective predictor of a subject's self-predicted willingness to use a refereed, Web-based journal for both informational and publication purposes. Using this instrument with subjects who have not used electronic journals has not been tested.

You can download the entire dissertation in Word format. If you plan to use the instrument in a study, the dissertation contains the hypothesized model that is associated with this instrument.

References

Bradley, J. (1997). Social context of human computer interaction: An examination of user adoption of electronic journals. Unpublished Dissertation, University of North Texas, Denton. (Note: Dissertation was published and indexed under the name: Janette Bradley Scannell)

Moore, G. C., & Benbasat, I. (1991). Development of an instrument to measure the perceptions of adopting an information technology innovation. Information Systems Research, 2(3), 192-222.

Questionnaire on Refereed, Web-based Journals

The following questions will help us to understand how you feel about using a Web-based journal for informational purposes and for publication purposes, now that you have had a chance to work with a Web-based journal.

Instructions

Please circle the appropriate number to indicate the level of your agreement or disagreement with each statement.

 
15. I think that using a refereed Web-based journal, instead of a refereed print journal, for informational purposes fits well with the way I like to work.
16. I think that using a refereed Web-based journal, instead of a refereed print journal, to publish an article fits well with the way I like to work.
17. I would have no difficulty telling others about the results of using a refereed Web-based journal, instead of a refereed print journal, for informational purposes.
18. I would have no difficulty telling others about the results of using a refereed Web-based journal, instead of a refereed print journal, for publishing an article.
19. I believe I could communicate to others the consequences of using a refereed Web-based journal for informational purposes.
20. I believe I could communicate to others the consequences of using a refereed Web-based journal for publishing an article.
21. The results of using a refereed Web-based journal for informational purposes are apparent to me.
22. The results of using a refereed Web-based journal for publishing an article are apparent to me.
23. I would have difficulty explaining why using a refereed Web-based journal for informational purposes may or may not be beneficial.
24. I would have difficulty explaining why using a refereed Web-based journal for publishing an article may or may not be beneficial.
25. My interaction with a refereed Web-based journal would be clear and understandable.
26. I believe that it would be easy to get a refereed Web-based journal to do what I wanted it to do.
 
27. Overall, I believe that a refereed Web-based journal would be easy to use.
28. Learning to operate a refereed Web-based journal would be easy for me.
29. People in my organization who use a refereed, Web-based journal for informational purposes have more prestige than those who do not.
30. People in my organization who use a refereed, Web-based journal for publication purposes have more prestige than those who do not.
31. People in my organization who use a refereed, Web-based journal for informational purposes have a high profile.
32. People in my organization who use a refereed, Web-based journal for publication purposes have a high profile.
33. Having access to a refereed, Web-based journal for informational purposes is a status symbol in my organization.
34. Having a publication in a refereed, Web-based journal is a status symbol in my organization.
 
35. In my organization, one sees many people using refereed, Web-based journals for informational purposes.
 
36. In my organization, one sees many people using refereed, Web-based journals for publication purposes.
 
37. The use of refereed, Web-based journals for informational purposes is not very visible in my organization.
 
38. The use of refereed, Web-based journals for publication purposes is not very visible in my organization.
 
39. My supervisor/associates do not require me to use refereed, Web-based journals, for informational purposes, in my work.
 
40. My supervisor/associates do not require me to publish article in refereed, Web-based journals as part of my work.
41. Although it might be helpful, using refereed, Web-based journals, for informational purposes, is certainly not compulsory in my job.
 
42. Although it might be helpful, publishing an article in a refereed, Web-based journal is certainly not compulsory in my job.

Please, answer the following questions with the assumption that you are involved in a research project that you plan to write up in an article.

 
43. I would use a refereed Web-based journal for informational purposes.
44. I would submit my article to a refereed Web-based journal.
45. I would submit my article to a refereed Web-based journal before submitting it to a refereed print journal.
 
46. If the article was not accepted to the first print journal I submitted it to, I would submit it to a refereed Web-based journal.
 
47. If the article was applicable to my research, I would have no problem citing an article in a refereed Web-based journal.