Predictors of behavioral intention to adopt e-AgriFinance app among the farmers in Sarawak, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Quistina Omar ◽  
Ching Seng Yap ◽  
Poh Ling Ho ◽  
William Keling

PurposeThis study examines the predictors of behavioral intention of farmers to adopt a mobile agricultural finance application called e-AgriFinance using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and perceived cost as an additional predictor.Design/methodology/approachUsing a questionnaire survey, data are collected from 337 farmers in Sarawak, Malaysia. The collected data are analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe research finds that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions are positively related to behavioral intention to adopt the e-AgriFinance app, with social influence being the strongest predictor. Perceived cost is also found to be positively related to behavioral intention which contradicts the prediction of the model.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the use of UTAUT in predicting the adoption of mobile agricultural finance applications among farmers.Practical implicationsFor practice, this study provides implications for the Sarawak government to promote digital and financial inclusivity for all communities. This study also provides insights into important features of the e-AgriFinance app for digital finance providers to develop the apps that will be well accepted by farmers in the future.Originality/valueThis research is one of the few studies that focused on farmers' mobile technology adoption in agribusiness from the perspective of an emerging economy.

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Tarhini ◽  
Ra’ed Masa’deh ◽  
Kamla Ali Al-Busaidi ◽  
Ashraf Bany Mohammed ◽  
Mahmoud Maqableh

Purpose This research aims to examine the factors that may hinder or enable the adoption of e-learning systems by university students. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual framework was developed through extending the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, habit, social influence, price value and facilitating conditions) by incorporating two additional factors, namely, trust and self-efficacy. Data were collected from students at two universities in England using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey between January and March 2015. Findings The results showed that behavioral intention (BI) was significantly influenced by performance expectancy, social influence, habit, hedonic motivation, self-efficacy, effort expectancy and trust, in their order of influencing the strength and explained 70.6 per cent of the variance in behavioral intention. Contrary to expectations, facilitating conditions and price value did not have an influence on behavioral intention. Originality/value The aforementioned factors are considered critical in explaining technology adoption but, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, there has been no study in which all these factors were modeled together. Therefore, this study will contribute to the literature related to social networking adoption by integrating all these variables and the first to be tested in the UK universities.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvedi Sabani

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend and validate the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) for investigating the effect of transparency on the adoption of e-Government in Indonesia from the perspective of citizens. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive review of the related literature leads to the development of a transparency-focused conceptual model to better understanding the adoption of e-Government. Structural equation modelling is used for analysing the data collected from the citizens in Indonesia. Findings This study confirms that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and transparency are the critical factors for evaluating the citizen adoption of e-Government in Indonesia. In addition, transparency is found to be the strongest factor that influences the decision of Indonesian citizens to adopt e-Government. Research limitations/implications From the theoretical perspective, the use of the UTAUT model is extended by incorporating the transparency factor that is vital to the adoption of e-Government in developing countries such as Indonesia. Practical implications In terms of managerial and policy implications, this research offers the Indonesian Government suggestions on how the adoption of e-Government can be improved. Originality/value This is the first study that extends and empirically validates the UTAUT model with transparency for evaluating the adoption of e-Government from the perspective of citizens in Indonesia. It demonstrates how the transparency factor can be incorporated to better understand the adoption of e-Government in such a context.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Makanyeza ◽  
Simolini Mutambayashata

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to apply unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 to determine factors influencing acceptance and use of plastic money in Zimbabwe. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-section of 528 consumers, respondents were randomly intercepted as they walked out of five major supermarkets in Harare, Zimbabwe. Random selection of consumers was done in order to ensure a representative sample. Consumers were asked to complete a structured questionnaire. Structural equation modelling was applied to test research hypotheses. Findings Results show that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation and habit all positively influenced behavioural intention to adopt plastic money. Social influence, facilitating conditions and perceived financial cost all did not have a significant effect on behavioural intention to adopt plastic money. Behavioural intention positively influenced consumers’ use behaviour on plastic money. Research limitations/implications This study is among the pioneers of research in this field in Zimbabwe and other developing countries. Likewise, caution must be taken when researchers try to generalise findings from this study. It is, therefore, recommended that more studies of this nature be conducted in other developing countries in order to have a more solid understanding of consumers’ adoption of plastic money. Practical implications The study advises banks to pay particular attention to performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation and habit when devising strategies to increase the adoption of plastic money. Originality/value Factors that influence the adoption of plastic money are not widely researched under circumstances such as those existing in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean financial sector provides a unique environment to conduct studies of this nature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 86-104
Author(s):  
Frederick Pobee ◽  
Daniel Opoku

The purpose of this article was to investigate the moderating effects of gender on e-commerce systems adoption factors among university lecturers in Ghana. In order to achieve this purpose, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) was used as the theoretical lens for the study. Eight hypotheses were developed and tested. Data analysis was performed with a structural equation modeling (SEM) technique using SmartPLS Application. Using a survey of 223 respondents, the study showed that factors such as performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and facilitating conditions positively and significantly influenced Ghanaian lecturers' behavioral intention and ultimately the actual use of e-commerce systems. As for the moderating effects of gender, this study discovered that gender insignificantly moderated the effects of performance expectancy, effort expectancy and social influence on behavioral intention.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Nadiyah Hidayati ◽  
Yudi Ramdhani

Abstrak Objektif. Aplikasi Gojek merupakan aplikasi berbasis android yang menjadi pintu masuk bagi pelanggan untuk mendapatkan layanan yang disediakan PT Gojek Indonesia. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisa faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi penerimaan dan penggunaan aplikasi Gojek menggunakan model Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) dengan 4 variabel bebas dan 1 variabel terikat yaitu ekspektasi kinerja, ekspektasi usaha, faktor sosial, kondisi-kondisi pemfasilitasi, dan niat perilaku. Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap 100 responden pengguna aplikasi Gojek  pada SMK MVP Ars Internasional. Material and Metode. Model UTAUT digunakan untuk mengetahui tingkat keberhasilan penerimaan aplikasi Gojek agar dapat diterima oleh masyarakat. Metode pengolahan data yang digunakan adalah regresi linear berganda yang menggunakan software SPSS 22. Hasil. Dari pengolahan data tersebut didapatkan hasil bahwa variabel ekspektasi kinerja, ekspektasi usaha, faktor sosial dan kondisi-kondisi pemfasilitasi memiliki nilai korelasi sebesar 0,867 terhadap niat perilaku, artinya antara variabel independen dan dependen dalam penelitian ini memiliki hubungan yang sangat kuat, nilai R Square (R2) sebesar 75,2% sedangkan sisanya dipengaruhi variabel lain. Kesimpulan. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa secara simultan, variabel ekspektasi kinerja, ekspektasi usaha, faktor sosial, dan kondisi-kondisi pemfasilitasi berpengaruh secara positif dan signifikan terhadap niat perilaku aplikasi Gojek. Sedangkan secara parsial, hanya variabel ekspektasi kinerja dan faktor sosial yang memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap niat perilaku aplikasi Gojek. Sedangkan variabel ekspektasi usaha dan kondisi-kondisi pemfasilitasi tidak memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap niat perilaku dalam menggunakan aplikasi Gojek. Abstrack Objective. Gojek application is an android-based application that is the entrance for customers to get the services provided PT Gojek Indonesia. This study was conducted to analyze the factors that influence the acceptance of Gojek applications using the UTAU) method with 4 independent variables and 1 dependent variable namely Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions, and Behavioral Intention. This research was conducted on 100 respondents of the Gojek application SMK MVP Ars International. Materials and Methods. The UTAUT model is used to determine the level of success in accepting Gojek applications to be accepted by the community. The data processing method used is multiple linear regression using SPSS 22 software. Results From the data processing, the results show that the variables of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions have a correlation value of 0,867 to behavioral intention, meaning between independent and dependent variables in this study has a strong relationship, the value of R Square (R2) of 75,2% while the rest is influenced by other variables. Conclusion. Thus it can be concluded that simultaneously, the variable performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions positively and significantly affect the behavioral intention of Gojek applications. While partially, only the performance expectancy and social influence variables that have a positive and significant influence on the behavioral intention of Gojek application. While the effort expectancy and facilitating conditions variable does not have a positive and significant influence on Behavioral Intentionin using the Gojek application.


Author(s):  
Nita Rianadewi ◽  
Dewa Gede Hendra Divayana ◽  
I Made Ardwi Pradnyana

Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan dan Arsip (SIPA) adalah sebuah website yang dikembangkan oleh perpustakaan daerah di kabupaten Buleleng sebagai alternative dalam mendukung pengelolaan dan mempermudah pengguna. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pemanfaatan Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan dan Arsip (SIPA) di Kabupaten Buleleng dengan berdasarkan menggunakan Model Unified Theory Of Acceptance and Use Of Technology (UTAUT) dengan menggunakan empat variabel bebas yakni  performance expectancy,  effort expectancy, social influence dan  facilitating conditions sebagai variable bebas dengan  behavioral intention dan use behavior sebagai variable terikat dan variable moderator Age, Gender dan experience. Variabel Ekpektansi Kinerja dan variabel Ekspektasi usaha tidak berpengaruh positif terhadap  minat penggunaan Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan. Pengaruh sosial berpengaruh positif terhadap minat penggunaan, Kondisi yang memfasilitasi berpengaruh positif terhadap perilaku penggunaan Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan, Variabel moderator jenis kelamin tidak memperkuat hubungan antara ekspektasi kinerja, ekspektansi usaha dan pengaruh sosial terhadap minat penggunaan Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan. Variabel moderator umur tidak memperkuat hubungan antara ekspektasi kinerja, ekspektansi usaha dan pengaruh sosial dengan minat penggunaan.Variabel moderator  umur  memperkuat hubungan antara  kondisi yang memfasilitasi  dengan  perilaku pengguna, variable moderator pengalaman memperkuat hubungan antara pengaruh sosial terhadap minat penggunaan Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan, variable moderator pengalaman memperkuat hubungan antara kondisi yang memfasilitasi terhadap perilaku pengguna Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan.  Kata Kunci :  Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan,  Ekspektansi Kinerja, Ekspektansi Usaha, Pengaruh Sosial, Kondisi Pemfasilitasi, Minat Penggunaan,  Perilaku pengguna, UTAUT


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Gupta ◽  
Nikita Dogra ◽  
Babu George

Purpose This study aims to identify factors affecting tourists’ intention of using travel apps installed in their smartphones. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was developed largely based on the available scales in the published literature. A total of 389 participants responded to the survey, out of which 343 valid responses were obtained for statistical analysis. Findings Significant predictors of smartphone app usage intention included performance expectancy, social influence, price saving, perceived risk, perceived trust and prior usage habits. Usage behavior was largely mediated by usage intention, except in the case of habits. Contrary to the expectation, factors such as hedonistic motivation, facilitating conditions or effort expectancy did not impact usage intention or behavior. Practical implications The study gives app developers vital cues on tourist expectations from the apps. Oftentimes, developers tend to focus entirely on the material utility of their apps, neglecting every other factor influencing use. One particular implication is that despite tourism being a hedonistic activity, travel app usage behavior is not a hedonistic activity. Originality/value This is one of the few studies to examine adoption of smartphone travel apps in an emerging economy context by using extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology framework with additional constructs.


2019 ◽  
pp. 026666691989555
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tariqul Islam ◽  
Muhammad Tahir Abbas Khan

Despite widespread adoption of crowdfunding for funding social donation projects, its adoption among start-up entrepreneurs is significantly low, in developing countries in particular. Research has been performed to investigate the crowdfunding adoption intention of start-up entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. This study aimed to identify the motivation behind the intentions of the entrepreneurs to adopt crowdfunding, using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model with extensions. Empirical data were collected from 317 respondents and analyzed using Partial Least Squares-based Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicate that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and perceived trust mpact significantly ion the entrepreneurs’ behavioral intention to adopt crowdfunding. In contrast, trialability and perceived trust were not found to be significant determinants. However, trialability has a significant positive relation with use behavior or actual use, whereas no significant relationship has been identified between behavioral intention and use behavior.


2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aik-Chuan Teo ◽  
Garry Wei-Han Tan ◽  
Keng-Boon Ooi ◽  
Teck-Soon Hew ◽  
King-Tak Yew

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to uncover the effects of perceived transaction convenience (PTC) and perceived transaction speed (PTS) on unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) in the context of m-payment. Design/methodology/approach – A predictive analysis approach was used to examine the PTC and PTS using a two-stage partial least square (PLS) and neural network (NN) analyses. Findings – The findings reveal that only effort expectancy (EE) and facilitating conditions (FC) were discovered to significantly influence BI. More importantly, PTC was found to have positive significant relationship with EE and performance expectancy (PE). Moreover, PTS also supported the positive relationship with BI and EE. Practical implications – The findings of the study provided further insights to mobile payment service providers, online banking industry players, and all decision makers and stakeholders involved. Originality/value – Despite of many attempts devoted to understand m-payment adoption, the effects of PTC and PTS on m-payment are not well understood.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Geraldo James Sahertian ◽  
Addin Aditya ◽  
Siti Aminah

Penggunaan telepon pintar atau smartphone di Indonesia, dan di dukung oleh kemajuan teknologi informasi yang semakin pesat, berkembanglah transportasi  berbasis online atau biasa disebut ojek online. Ojek online  memberikan akses kemudahan bagi masyarakat dan pelajar yang menggunakan aplikasi tersebut, dengan melakukan transaksi pemesanan melalui aplikasi maka ojek tersebut akan datang. Namun berdasarkan informasi dari TribunJatim News yang di dapatkan bahwa ojek online mengalami kenaikan yang cukup signifikan, yang membuat sebagian masyarakat khususnya kalangan pelajar mengeluh akan kebijakan tarif yang diberlakukan mulai Agustus 2019, maka dari itu diperlukan adanya analisis untuk melihat bagaimana kalangan pelajar menerima dan menggunakan layanan transportasi online tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerimaan dan penggunaan terhadap layanan transportasi online GOJEK, di kalangan pelajar SMA Kecamatan Blimbing Kabupaten Malang Jumlah sampel yang diambil sebanyak 160. Penelitian ini menggunakan model Unified Theory Of Acceptance and use of Technology (UTAUT) dengan variabel behavioral intention dan use behavior sebagai variabel dependen dan menggunakan variabel indenpenden yaitu performance excpectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, dan facilitating conditions. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini dengan penyebaran kuesioner menggunakan teknik sampling purposive sampling. Untuk pengelohan data, menggunakan program SPSS untuk menguji instrument penelitian dan model penelitian. Hasil yang didapatkan dari penelitian ini adalah penerimaan dan penggunaan dikalangan pelajar terhadap layanan terhadap layanan transportasi online dipengaruhi oleh faktor social influence, facilitating conditions, behavioral intention, use behavior, sedangkan faktor performance expectancy dan effort excpectancy tidak menggunakan layanan transportasi online. The use of smartphones or smartphones in Indonesia, and supported by increasingly rapid advances in information technology, has developed-based transportation online or commonly known as motorcycle taxis  online. taxis Online provide easy access for people and students who use the application, motorcycle by making an order transaction through the application, the ojek will come. However, based on information from TribunJatim News, it was obtained that motorcycle taxis online have increased quite significantly, which made some people, especially students complain about the tariff policy that was implemented starting in August 2019, therefore an analysis is needed to see how students receive and use the service.transportation online . This study aims to determine how the acceptance and use of transportation services online GOJEK, among high school students in Blimbing District, Malang Regency. The number of samples taken is 160. This study uses the Unified Theory of Acceptance and use of Technology (UTAUT) model with variables. behavioral intention and  use behavior as the dependent variable and using independent variables, namely performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. The method used in this study by distributing questionnaires using purposive sampling technique. For data collection, use the SPSS program to test research instruments and research models. The results obtained from this study are that acceptance and use among students of transportation services is online influenced by social influences, facilitating conditions, behavioral intention, use behavior, while performance expectancy expectancy and  effort factors do not use transportation services online.


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