A study of the determinants of psychologists' data sharing and open data badge adoption

This research examines whether attitudinal, normative, and behavioural control factors affect psychologists' data sharing and open data badge adoption intentions. The results from the multivariate regression demonstrate that psychologists' (n = 338) data sharing and open data badge adoption intentions are commonly influenced by perceived community benefit, norm of data sharing, and perceived effort involved to share datasets. Additionally, psychologists' data sharing intentions are affected by additional, normative, and control factors including the norm of reciprocity, IRB requirements, and availability of data repositories. As it concerns open data badge adoption, psychologists are affected by additional attitudinal factors, including perceived academic reputation and risk. This research suggests psychologists' motivations to share data and for open data badge adoption differ, so different strategies are needed to better promote psychologists' data sharing and open data badge adoption.