Title :
A Field Investigation of the Nostalgia Effect
Author :
Sindhav, Birud ; Reinig, Bruce A. ; Briggs, Robert O.
Author_Institution :
Manage. & Marketing Dept, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA
Abstract :
Satisfaction is a key indicator of system success, and so has been the subject of much IS research. The nostalgia effect, whereby individuals feel satisfied or dissatisfied when thinking about past goal attainment or failure, has been observed to influence analysts´ decisions with respect to ongoing systems development. The Yield Shift Theory (YST) of Satisfaction offers an explanation for the nostalgia effect as a function of changes in an individual´s active goal set. This paper reports on an exploratory field investigation of nostalgia effect among 105 working IS/IT professionals in India reflecting on past collaboration experiences. The study revealed a measurable nostalgia effect, and revealed a strong association between satisfaction responses and the antecedents proposed by Yield Shift Theory.
Keywords :
information systems; social aspects of automation; IS research; IS/IT professionals; India; active goal set; exploratory field investigation; nostalgia effect; past goal attainment; satisfaction responses; strong association; system success; yield shift theory; Atmospheric measurements; Collaboration; Conferences; Correlation; Instruments; Particle measurements; Semantics;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9618-1
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2011.9
