The purpose of this research study was to gather and examine data on the relationships among individuals' demographic and use environment characteristics; information seeking behavior; valuation of information; and impact and usage of information. The research design methodology employed to accomplish this purpose included two techniques of descriptive research, the questionnaire and in-depth interview. The collected data were used to test the specified five study hypotheses in an effort to specify the nature of these relationships. / The following null hypotheses were tested: (1) Perceptual valuation of selection attributes of received information by recipients/users is independent of their information seeking behavior (requesting/not requesting/receiving without opportunity to request information). (2) Information impact and usage is independent of recipient's/user's information seeking behavior. (3) Recipient's/user's perceptual valuation of information attributes associated with the quality of information content and/or the information channel is independent of their usage of the received information. (4) Perceptual valuation of information attributes associated with the quality of information content and the information channel is independent of selected demographic and personal characteristics for recipients/users. (5) Usage of received information is independent of selected demographic and personal characteristics for recipients/users. / The hypothesized model of the reflected factors of information usage with the associated variables includes the following components: Information Seeking Behavior: Requestors, Non-Requestors, and Recipients Only. Information Channel Attributes: Ease of Use, Readability, Availability, Accessibility, Response Time, Procedures to Receive Information, and Instructions for Information Use. Information Content Attributes: Completeness, Accuracy, Relevancy, Timeliness, Volume, Currency, and Value of Information. Information Impacts: Increases in Productivity, Saves Time, Necessary Part of Work Activity, Confirms Existing Knowledge, Stimulus for Action, etc. Information Usages: Discarded, Considered and Rejected, Redirected, Communicated, Filed, Read then Filed, Stimulus for Action, etc., Transformed into Another Information Product, Analyzed and Combined with Other Information, and Other Usages. Demographic and Use Environment Characteristics: Type of Work Environment--Public or Private. Management Level--Manager or Non-Manager. Gender--Male or Female. Education Levels--High School through Graduate School Degree. / Findings and conclusions are based on analysis and interpretation of the critical functions and relationships among the identified variables of the information transfer and utilization processes, and in the valuation activities accomplished by recipients/users. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: A, page: 0652. / Major Professor: Ronald Blazek. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76615 |
| Contributors | Turner, Marsha Kay., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 357 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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