This article in the January 2024 EJIS issue, 33(1) - titled "Use IT again? Dynamic roles of habit, in-tention and their interaction on continued system use by individuals in utilitarian, volitional con-texts" - investigates how relationships between continued system use and antecedents (like habit and continuance intention) evolve over time. In addition to presenting their findings, the authors introduce a methodological innovation: extending the permutation approach to multi-group analysis, to account for paired-samples.

Abstract: This study employs a longitudinal perspective to examine continued system use (CSU) by individuals in environments where alternative systems are available. It focuses on two key be-havioral antecedents of CSU—habit and continuance intention—and theorizes how the relation-ships between CSU and these antecedents evolve over time. Moreover, it explores the temporal evolution of the interaction effect of habit and intention on CSU. This research diverges from existing literature by suggesting an increase in the impact of continuance intention on CSU over time and positing a positive interaction effect between habit and intention, in contrast to the typ-ically assumed negative moderation effect. Data collected from students at a European university using a higher education information system supports these findings. Additionally, the paper in-troduces a novel methodological approach—the permutation method for multi-group analysis with repeated measures.

The EJIS is considered the leading international journal in the field of information systems. It is recognized as an A-journal in the VHB-JourQual 3 ranking and has an impact factor of 9.5 (2022). As part of the AIS Senior Scholars' Basket of Journals, it is a first-class platform for the dissemination of significant research results in this field. The article is published Open Access and thus freely accessible to a wide audience.

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