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Motivations in Personalisation Behaviour by Antti Oulasvirta; Jan Blom is a Computer Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Motivations in Personalisation Behaviour about?
A number of emerging technologies including mobile phones and services, on-line shopping and portals, and games and communities are designed to provide users with control over appearance and functioning. Understanding why users personalise could help design personalisation features so that they promote the acceptance and adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). This paper examines the psychological underpinnings of users' willingness to expend effort to personalise ICT. The important role of the basic need of self-determination [Deci, E.L., Ryan, R.M., 2000. The''what'' and ''why'' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behaviour. Psychological Inquiry 11, 227-268] is argued for. Personalisation features can align the psychological resources with the user's action and therefore enhance performance and enjoyment of use. First, they can promote autonomy and the sense of being an origin and therefore transform technology to 'my technology.' Second, personalisation features can support competence by increasing the effectiveness of user's actions. At its best, personalisation becomes rewarding activity in itself regardless of the achieved effects,
Who reads Motivations in Personalisation Behaviour?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Computer Science.
- Author
- Antti Oulasvirta; Jan Blom
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press (OUP) (ISSN 0953-5438)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Computer Science (Physical Sciences)