TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Architectural Designers’ Continuous Use Intention Regarding BIM Technology
T2 - a China Case
AU - Cui, Qinghong
AU - Hu, Xiancun
AU - Liu, Xiao
AU - Zhao, Lingmin
AU - Wang, Guangbin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors (CC BY 4.0). Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Despite BIM technology influencing architectural design companies profoundly, there has still been an under-representation of architectural designers’ continuous use intention (CUI) regarding it. This paper aims to empirically examine what factors can potentially affect architectural designers’ CUI of BIM through the integration of a technology acceptance model (TAM) and an expectation confirmation theory (ECT). Sample data for empirical research were collected from architectural design companies in Qingdao, China. A total of 207 valid questionnaires were analyzed by using a structural equation modeling method. The findings show that the proposed theoretical model has good explanatory abilities for architectural designers’ CUI. Perceived ease of use and satisfaction significantly and directly affect CUI, whereas perceived usefulness and conformation have an indirect influence on CUI via satisfaction. This study contributes to a deepened understanding of architectural designers’ CUI regarding BIM. In order to further promote continuous use practices of BIM, valuable insights are provided for designers, companies, and software developers.
AB - Despite BIM technology influencing architectural design companies profoundly, there has still been an under-representation of architectural designers’ continuous use intention (CUI) regarding it. This paper aims to empirically examine what factors can potentially affect architectural designers’ CUI of BIM through the integration of a technology acceptance model (TAM) and an expectation confirmation theory (ECT). Sample data for empirical research were collected from architectural design companies in Qingdao, China. A total of 207 valid questionnaires were analyzed by using a structural equation modeling method. The findings show that the proposed theoretical model has good explanatory abilities for architectural designers’ CUI. Perceived ease of use and satisfaction significantly and directly affect CUI, whereas perceived usefulness and conformation have an indirect influence on CUI via satisfaction. This study contributes to a deepened understanding of architectural designers’ CUI regarding BIM. In order to further promote continuous use practices of BIM, valuable insights are provided for designers, companies, and software developers.
KW - Architectural designer
KW - Building information modeling
KW - Continuous use intention
KW - Expectation confirmation theory
KW - Technology acceptance model
U2 - 10.3390/buildings11100448
DO - 10.3390/buildings11100448
M3 - Article
SN - 2075-5309
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Buildings
JF - Buildings
IS - 10
M1 - 448
ER -