scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Adoption of Social Media as a Business Platform: A Study among Student Entrepreneurs in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Noorshella Che Nawi ◽  
Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
Noorul Azwin Md Nasir ◽  
Rajennd Muniady
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Perceived Trust ◽  
Student Entrepreneurs ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Social media has been identified as a platform for student entrepreneurs to sell products and services, and to interact and connect with customers. However, the factors contributing to the adoption of social media as a platform among student entrepreneurs in Malaysia have not been established. This article aims to identify factors affecting the adoption of social media as a business platform among student entrepreneurs in Malaysia. This study employed a cross-sectional design and quantitative data was collected from 300 selected student entrepreneurs listed in the ‘entrepreneurship centres’ in all public universities in Peninsular Malaysia. Findings suggest that performance expectancy, perceived trust, perceived enjoyment and perceived risk have a significant positive effect on the adoption of social media. It is noted that there is a significant positive moderating effect of social influence between the relationship of facilitating conditions and the adoption of social media. Student entrepreneurs adopt social media as a business platform if they believe it improves their performance. Risk and trust are the most important factors influencing the adoption of social media as a business platform. Based on the findings, government agencies should promote social media as a business platform by instilling trust in the system with the hope that it will positively affect students’ entrepreneurial activities using social media as a business platform.

Acceptance and usage of social media as a platform among student entrepreneurs

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noorshella Binti Che Nawi ◽  
Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
Noorul Azwin Binti Md Nasir ◽  
Noorlisa Maria bt A. Hamid Shokery ◽  
Nursalihah Binti Ahmad Raston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Perceived Trust ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Student Entrepreneurs ◽  
Perceived Enjoyment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Purpose While it is perceived that adoption reflects acceptance, the purpose of this paper is to argue that individual usage is critical and cannot be guaranteed by mere adoption. This study, therefore, focuses on the factors (i.e. performance expectancy, perceived trust, perceived risk, facilitating condition, and perceived enjoyment) contributing to the adoption and ultimately usage of social media as a business platform among student entrepreneurs in Malaysia under the premise of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a cross-sectional design and quantitative data are collected from 300 selected respondents listed as student entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurship centers of all public universities within Peninsular Malaysia. Findings Performance expectancy, perceived risk, perceived trust, and perceived enjoyment have a significant effect on the adoption of social media leading to its usage as a business platform. Findings also report a significant mediating effect of adoption of social media on the relationship between performance expectancy, perceived trust, perceived risk, and perceived enjoyment with the depth of social media usage. Research limitations/implications In order to promote entrepreneurial activities among student entrepreneurs using social media as a business platform, programs and policies should focus on improving cyber security and value-added services. Originality/value This study puts forward and tests the original UTAUT model to assess the adoption and depth of social media usage as a business platform among young student entrepreneurs in Peninsular Malaysia, which provides a foundation for the design and implementation of programs and policies that promote entrepreneurial activities using social media among student entrepreneurs in Malaysia.

What determines tourist adoption of smartphone apps?

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Gupta ◽  
Nikita Dogra ◽  
Babu George
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Smartphone Apps ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Perceived Trust ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
Usage Behavior ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Practical Implications

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.

An Empirical Study of Cloud-Based E-Governance Services Adoption in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brijesh Sivathanu
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Service Adoption ◽  
Actual Usage ◽  
Perceived Trust ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This article studies the factors affecting the adoption of the DigiLocker cloud-based E-governance service in India. This study integrates the e-GAM and UTAUT model to develop a hypothesized framework to investigate the DigiLocker E-governance service adoption in India from a citizen's perspective. The survey was conducted among citizens in Pune city and its suburbs using a structured questionnaire. The confirmatory factor analysis was done using the PLS-SEM technique. The results of this cross-sectional research explain that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, perceived awareness, computer self-efficacy, multilingual option, perceived quality of information, perceived response and perceived trust influence the behavioral intention and actual usage of DigiLocker cloud-based E-governance service. The outcome of this article is valuable to policymakers for providing better E-governance services. This research presents vital insights and highlights the factors that influence the cloud-based E-governance service adoption in developing countries like India.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Decision of Patients to Utilize Health Services for Recycling

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Dherma Wati Bangun ◽  
Dherma Wati Bangun ◽  
Vivi Eulis Diana
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Regional Hospital ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Health Products ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Patients in health services have different behaviors in deciding to take advantage of health services. Patients used various considerations to make decisions based on the health products or services for re-treatment. The study aimed to analyze the factors that influence the patient's decision in using health services for re-treatment. This research was quantitative with cross-sectional design and conducted at Tanjung Pura Regional Hospital. The population was 3.946 people, and the sample were 247 respondents taken by using purposive sampling. Data analysis was univariate and bivariate using chi-square and multivariate using multiple logistic regression at the 95% confidence level (a= .05). The results showed that the factors that influenced the patient's decision to use health services for re-treatment at the Tanjung Pura Regional Hospital were the service quality of doctors / nurses (p= .000), distance (p=.049), facilities (p=0.000), and service speed (p = .000). The factors that did not influence we age (p=.461). gender (p=.895), education (p=.371), occupation (p=.593). The most dominant factor influencing is facilities with Exp (B)/OR =14.477, meaning that respondents who stated that the hospital facilities were good, had the opportunity to use health services for re-treatment by 14.4 times higher the respondents who stated that the hospital facilities were not good. It is suggested to Tanjung Pura Regional Hospital to propose and allocate a budget for improving hospital facilities that are still lacking and adding new service facilities so that it can increase public confidence for repeat treatment

scholarly journals ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEIKUTSERTAAN SENAM HAMIL PADA IBU HAMIL DI BPS NINA SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uliyatul Laili
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Prospective Sampling ◽  
Compliance Requirements ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Analysis of factors Affecting The Participant Pregnant Women Gymnactics in BPS Nina Surabaya. Pregnant women should get treatment during pregnancy. Treatment during pregnancy or antenatal care can be done via examination of pregnancy, pregnancy exercise, nutrition and other compliance requirements. Pregnancy exercise is an exercise undertaken to prepare and train the muscles so that it can be used to function optimally in a normal delivery.This study uses an analytical method with cross sectional design prospective. Sampling using total sampling technique. The independent variable is education, parity and maternal knowledge, while the dependent variable is exclusive breastfeeding. Data were analyzed using chi square test.The results showed a correlation between age and support of husband / family with the participation of pregnant women during pregnancy exercise with a p-value of <0.05, whereas for education and parity are not related to the participation of pregnant women against pregnancy exercise with a value of p>0.05.The conclusions of this study are the factors that influence the participation of pregnant women during pregnancy exercise is aged and the support of husband / family.

scholarly journals Knowledge levels of senıor nursing students about epilepsyHemşirelik son sınıf öğrencilerinin epilepsi hakkındaki bilgi düzeyleri

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Havva Sert ◽  
Serap Çetinkaya ◽  
Ahmet Seven ◽  
Meryem Pelin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Knowledge Levels ◽  
Senior Students

Aim: This study was conducted to determine knowledge levels and the factors affecting of  senior nursing students about epilepsy.Method: The study was conducted descriptively and cross-sectional between 17-27 January 2017 with 168 nursing senior students who agreed to participate in the study. The data was collected on social media with questionnaire which was composed of the literature review by the researchers. 15 of the questions were about socio-demographic characteristics and 20 of questions were about epilepsy. Analysing of data were carried out in a computer program by using percentage, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis-H test.Results: It was determined that mean score of the students' knowledge level about epilepsy is 81,10±7,27. There was a statistically significant relationship between where they got the information about epilepsy, care a patient previously had a seizure and mean scores of epilepsy knowledge level (p<0,05). It was determined that students ,who got information about epilepsy from the health personnel and those who care a patient previously had a seizure, had high mean scores.Conclusion: In the study, ıt was determined that nursing senior students’ knowledge level about the epilepsy is high; where they got the information about epilepsy, care a patient previously had a seizure affects epilepsy knowledge.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışma, hemşirelik son sınıf öğrencilerinin epilepsi hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerini ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma, 17-27 Ocak 2017 tarihleri arasında çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 168 hemşirelik son sınıf öğrencisiyle tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel olarak yapıldı. Çalışmanın verileri sosyal medya aracılığı ile toplandı. Verilerin toplanmasında araştırmacılar tarafından literatür taranarak oluşturulan, 15’i sosyo-demogrofik özellikleri, 20’si epilepsi hakkında bilgi durumlarını ölçmeye yönelik sorudan oluşan soru formu kullanıldı. Veriler; bilgisayar ortamında, yüzdelik, Mann-Whitney U ve Kruskal Wallis-H testleri kullanılarak değerlendirildi.Bulgular: Öğrencilerin epilepsi bilgi düzeyleri toplam puan ortalamalarının 81,10±7,27 olduğu belirlendi. Öğrencilerin epilepsi hakkında bilgiyi nereden aldığı ve daha önce nöbet geçiren hastaya bakma durumları ile epilepsi bilgi düzeyi toplam puan ortalamaları arasında istatiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki olduğu saptandı (p<0,05). Sonuç: Çalışmada hemşirelik son sınıf öğrencilerinin epilepsi hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu; epilepsi hakkında bilgiyi nereden aldığı ve daha önce nöbet geçiren hastaya bakım vermenin epilepsi bilgi durumunu etkilediği belirlendi.

Shame Feeling in the Parents of Children with Diabetes Mellitus

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S264-S264
Author(s):  
E. Albani ◽  
E. Kotrotsiou ◽  
M. Gouva ◽  
A. Bargiota ◽  
G. Hadjigeorgiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Childhood Diabetes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Screening For Psychological Distress ◽  
Social Demographic

IntroductionChronic diseases such as childhood diabetes mellitus constitute a challenge for both the affected children and their families. Childhood diabetes mellitus is characterized by complex therapeutic management and has a profound physical and psychological impact on the whole family and a number of losses for the parents.Aim and objectivesTo recognize and quantify the factors affecting shame feelings for parents of children with diabetes mellitus.MethodA cross-sectional design was performed. A sample of 316 parents (110 men–206 women, mean age 40.6 years, SD = 6.0 ranged 17–57) participated to the present study. The questionnaire included: (a) social-demographic characteristics, (b) The Other As Shamer Scale (OAS), (c) The Experience of Shame Scale (ESS). SPSS for Windows 20.0 was used for the statistical analysis.ResultsAge and the place of residence of the parents, the duration and the severity of disease were identified as significant multivariate factors on internal and external shame.ConclusionFeeling of shame consist a significant psychological burden of the parents with children suffering from diabetes mellitus. Screening for psychological distress in parents of children is indicated, and preventive interventions are needed, targeted according to the increased needs as suggested in the research results.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Sociodemographic Factors’ Influence on the Consumption and Assessment of COVID-19 Related Information–An International Web-Based Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2 (40)) ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Sigrid STJERNSWÄRD ◽  
Anna-Karin IVERT ◽  
Stinne GLASDAM
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Reliability Assessments ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
And Behavior

Information flows can affect people’s apprehension of the pan- demic and related behaviors. The aim is to explore how people access and assess COVID-19 information and whether sociodemographic factors are associated with these processes. Quantitative data from 928 persons from 29 countries who participated in an international web-based survey was ana- lyzed with descriptive and analytic statistics. Television, newspapers and social media were common sources to search for certain types of COVID-19 information. Age, educational level, employment status and sex were as- sociated with differences in terms of reported sources, types, and reliability assessments of retrieved information. Sex and education levels were associ- ated with differences pertaining to main sources and kinds of information searched. Younger respondents reported more frequent uses of social media than older respondents. Older respondents assessed information from tra- ditional media as more reliable information from social media. The current results show trends about where and how information is accessed and assessed during the pandemic. Some associations with sociodemographic factors were found, but the study’s cross-sectional design prevents causal inferences. Further research on consumption patterns of COVID-19 infor- mation and its effects on consumers is motivated, as this may in turn affect people’s attitudes and behavior relating to the pandemic.

scholarly journals Brand image and consumer satisfaction towards Islamic travel packages

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noorshella Binti Che Nawi ◽  
Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
Noorul Azwin Md Nasir ◽  
Azwan Abdullah ◽  
Wan Nurulasiah Wan Mustapha
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Islamic Belief ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This study aims to examine the factors affecting brand image and consumer satisfaction towards Islamic travel package in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study used a cross-sectional design and quantitative method in examining the factors affecting the brand image and consumer satisfaction on Islamic travel package. This study has chosen Google form as a platform to collect the data. Findings The findings revealed that product quality, Islamic physical attribute and Islamic belief have a significant positive effect on brand image and consumer satisfaction. The findings confirmed that product quality, Islamic physical attribute and Islamic beliefs are the crucial tools for brand image that leads to the satisfaction of Muslim consumers on the Islamic travel package. Originality/value This paper addresses understudied aspects of brand image and consumer satisfaction towards Islamic travel package in Malaysia. It provided useful insights into the product quality, Islamic physical attribute and Islamic belief on brand image and consumer satisfaction towards Islamic travel packages. Tourism companies should improve and update their package based on the religious perspective to attract Muslim consumers.

scholarly journals Explaining the Factors Influencing the Individuals’ Continuance Intention to Seek Information on Weibo during Rainstorm Disasters

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6072
Author(s):  
Sheng Cheng ◽  
Liqun Liu ◽  
Ke Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Being an interactive process, the success of risk communication needs to ensure the individuals’ right to know and influence their attitudes and perceptions of risk. Ubiquitous social media have expanded risk communication channels and innovated ways of risk communication. At the same time, uncertainty also arises with the diversity and variety of social media. Taking the rainstorm disaster in China as an example, this study focuses on factors affecting the individuals’ continuance intention of information seeking on Weibo (a social media platform similar to Twitter). Based on 377 valid respondents, this study applied an extended expectation–confirmation model (ECM), from which the results of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) suggested that continuance intention is positively influenced by factors including effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and satisfaction. Among them, satisfaction contributes the most, which helps maintain a balance between performance expectancy and continuance intention. Taking the individuals’ continuance intention to seek information on Weibo as the clue, this research provides government agencies with practical advice on how to use social media for more efficient risk communication during disasters and establish emergency preplans to respond to natural disasters.

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