This paper examines the role of contextual factors and negative critical incidents as drivers of wearable discontinuance. We adopt a process perspective to understand wearable discontinuance by collecting data from long-time wearable users who have permanently discontinued their use and have no intention of reusing them. We adopt a multistage research design and collect data through the critical incident technique. Inductive data analysis reveals that both critical incidents and contextual factors impact wearable discontinuance, and the former is tethered to the purpose of wearable use. The study proposes pathways in the volitional information systems discontinuance process model and offers theoretical and practical contributions.

中文翻译：

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可穿戴设备停产：意志信息系统停产过程中的途径


本文研究了情境因素和负面关键事件作为可穿戴设备停产驱动因素的作用。我们采用流程视角来了解可穿戴设备的停产情况，方法是从永久停止使用且无意重复使用的长期可穿戴用户那里收集数据。我们采用多阶段研究设计，并通过重大事件技术收集数据。归纳数据分析表明，关键事件和环境因素都会影响可穿戴设备的停产，而前者与可穿戴设备使用的目的有关。该研究提出了意志信息系统中断过程模型中的路径，并提供了理论和实践贡献。