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Table 6 Assessment of discriminant validity: an overview

From: Factors determining internal auditors’ behavioral intention to use computer-assisted auditing techniques: an extension of the UTAUT model and an empirical study

 

CR

AVE

TRU

SI

EE

PE

FI

FC

SAT

BI

USE

TRU

0.864

0.616

0.785

        

SI

0.744

0.593

0.088

0.770

       

EE

0.834

0.559

0.464***

0.411***

0.748

      

PE

0.867

0.622

−0.020

0.098

0.143†

0.788

     

OI

0.853

0.593

−0.047

0.039

−0.133†

0.149*

0.770

    

FC

0.836

0.631

−0.082

0.017

0.016

0.000

0.035

0.794

   

SAT

0.877

0.641

0.155*

0.344***

0.072

−0.003

0.101

0.378***

0.801

  

BI

0.701

0.510

0.171*

0.193†

0.069

0.247*

0.200*

−0.049

−0.114

0.714

 

USE

0.885

0.610

0.198**

0.059

0.101

0.217**

0.049

0.263***

0.086

0.290**

0.781

  1. Significance threshold values p < 0.100, *p < 0.050, **p < 0.010, ***p < 0.001 and the diagonals are indicative of the square root of average variance extracted, while the entries for the other matrix are the correlation factors
  2. TRU, Trust; SI, Social influence; EE, Effort expectancy; PE, Performance Expectancy; OI, Organizational Influence; FC, Facilitating Conditions; SAT, Satisfaction; BI, Behavioral Intention; UB, Use Behavior