Technophobia without boarders: The influence of technophobia and emotional intelligence on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of organizational climate

The link between technology-induced phobia and technology avoidance is well established in the literature. But a major limitation of previous studies is that they examine technophobia within the narrow context of computers and the body of literature lacks studies that examine the impact of technophobia, in general, on technology acceptance. The current study examines two independent variables, technophobia and emotional intelligence influence on technology acceptance. To measure technophobia, a novel approach was used that examine technology, in general, using five sub-dimensions. Finally, the moderating influence of organizational climate on the correlation was examined. The results of the data analysis support the suggested framework and provide a much-needed insight on how understanding and assessing factors like technophobia and emotional intelligence can help companies to adopt new technologies. Finally, the current study encourages future researchers to examine technophobia outside of computers using a couple of scales that are mentioned in the study.