INFORMATION CHANNEL DISPOSITION AND USE*
研究组织中个人对信息渠道的态度（倾向）与实际使用之间的关系，提出一个渠道倾向模型，并通过186名用户对十种管理信息系统报告的使用数据进行初步验证。
ABSTRACT The use of information channels by individuals in organizations is substantially discretionary. Although much studied, variation in patterns of discretionary use has yet to be explained adequately in terms of an accepted integrative theory validated across varieties of channel types and organizational settings. In a step toward the development of such a theory, the present paper proposes a basic channel‐disposition model that relates an individual's attitude or disposition toward a channel to his/her actual use of the channel in the context of information and channel supply‐and‐demand structures in the organization. An exploratory study of the dispositions of 186 users of ten management information system (MIS) reports in four organizational settings provides limited evidence in support of the model proposed.