Scale adaptation of MIS measures and their implications on MIS scholarship

Adaptation d'échelles de mesure en Systèmes d'Information et leurs implications pratiques

Claudio Vitari () and Jean‐charles Pillet
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Claudio Vitari: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon
Jean‐charles Pillet: TBS - Toulouse Business School

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Abstract: Scale adaptation refers to the process of changing something about a scale, such as: alter item wording, modify the target referent, revisit the type and number of anchor points, or modify the size of a scale. Scale adaptation has been a widespread practice in Management Information Systems (MIS) research since its very early days and is especially prevalent in MIS research due to the need to maintain a close alignment between a construct's definition, its measurement, and the rapidly evolving contemporary Information Technology or behavioural contexts. In this paper, we challenge the established methodological assumption that scale adaptation is a harmless practice that ultimately leads to the betterment of existing scales. We explore the practices of scale adaptation in the MIS discipline, looking a the Trust scales, we contribute to the conceptualization of these practices and we provide some recommendations regarding the identified ones.

Keywords: scale development; scale adaptation; cascading adaptation; mixology; trust scales,développement d’échelles; adaptation d’échelles; adaptation en cascade; mixologie; échelles de confiance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-05-29
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Published in Colloque de l'AIM, May 2023, Dijon (Bourgogne), France

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