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Theories: 8

Agency Theory

Agency theory explains how contracts, incentives, and monitoring align the interests of principals and agents with differing goals and unequal information to minimise agency costs.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Cognitive dissonance theory aims to explain the relationships between the motivation, perceptions and cognitions of an individual.

Equity Theory explains the individual's perception of fairness in social exchange relationships, based on the perception of one’s input into relations and the output of those relations compared against the ratio of the input and output of other people

Protection Motivation Theory

Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) is a theory explaining the impact of persuasive communication on protective behaviour with an emphasis on cognitive mechanisms mediating fear appeals and behaviour change.

Self-Determination Theory

Self-Determination Theory aims to understand the interplay between personality, motivation and optimal functioning, highlighting how both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation foster behavioural patterns and psychological performance.

Social Capital Theory

Social capital refers to the structure and quality of social relationships and constitutes a positive product of social interactions that can be a source of benefits for individuals, social groups and the society as a whole.

Social Influence Theory

Social Influence Theory explains the impact of social influence on individuals through three processes of influence acceptance, namely compliance, identification and internalisation, and considers the conditions necessary for these processes to occur.

Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology

The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) examines the acceptance of technology, determined by the effects of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions.

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Compliance (Psychology > Social Influence Theory)

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