scholarly journals Impact of Social Network Usage on Academic Performance of the Vietnamese Students

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thanh Tung
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Network Usage ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
The Impact

Social networks and communication on theInternet have an important role in people's daily lifeworldwide. This paper examines the impact of Socialnetwork usage on the Academic performance of students. The research data were collected from a stratified sampling survey including 576 Vietnamese undergraduate students. The research model has five independent variables (Perceived usefulness, Perceived ease of use, Social influences, Facilitating conditions, Community identity), one mediating variable (Social network usage), and onedependent variable (Academic performance). The studymethods include the Cronbach’s alpha test, the Exploratory factor analysis, the Confirmatory factor analysis, and the Structural equation modeling are employed toquantitatively analyze the relationship among variables.The result finds that there are positive and significantimpacts of Perceived usefulness, Perceived ease of use,Social influences, Community identity on Social networkusage. The impact of Facilitating conditions on Socialnetwork usage is positive, however, it is not significant.The result also concludes that there is a positive andsignificant impact of Social network usage on theAcademic performance of students. Besides, the empiricalstatistical data indicates that social networks are really apopular and familiar tool for helping students tocommunicate with each other in Vietnam. Finally, thestudy result suggests that educational managers may usesocial networks as an informal tool to enhance not only the academic performance of students but also othereducational activities in universities.

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Payment Banks in India Using an Extended TAM

2021 ◽  
pp. 2319510X2110135
Author(s):  
Japneet Kaur ◽  
Sawraj Kaur ◽  
Amanjot Singh Syan ◽  
Rishi Raj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Initial Trust ◽  
Behavioural Intentions ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that shape behavioural intentions of customers towards the adoption of payment banks in India. The conceptual framework of study is based upon integration of technology acceptance model with initial trust, facilitating conditions and social influence. Further, the study tests the moderating role of age, income and self-efficacy on the relationships between dependent variable and associated predicted variable. A total of 507 responses were collected from the state of Punjab (India), using convenient sampling technique and were analysed using the structural equation modelling (SEM). The results revealed that perceived ease of use had the highest impact on the behavioural intentions, followed by initial trust and social influence. Facilitating conditions and perceived usefulness showed lower impact on the behavioural intentions towards the adoption of payment banks. Also, moderation analysis revealed that self-efficacy moderates the relation of perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness with behavioural intentions. Results imply that marketers should collaborate with developers to provide the customers with easy-to-operate solutions along with robust customer support mechanism to escalate the adoption intention of those having lower self-efficacy levels.

scholarly journals Predicting Consumer Intention to Use Mobile Payment Services: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
The Ninh Nguyen ◽  
Tuan Khanh Cao ◽  
Phuong Linh Dang ◽  
Hien Anh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mobile Payment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Payment Services ◽  
The Impact

<p>Mobile payment has relative advantages compared to other payment methods, thus providing benefits for both consumers and the society. This study attempts to examine factors influencing consumer intention to use mobile payment services. Survey data are used to investigate the impact of consumers’ perceptions of mobile payment services and social influence on use intention. Empirical evidence from 489 Vietnamese consumers confirms a significant relationship between the factors and behavioral intention, and reveals that perceived trust is the strongest predictor of intention to use mobile payment services followed by perceived ease of use, perceived enjoyment, perceived behavioral control, perceived usefulness and subjective norm, respectively. The results contribute to the evolving literature, and suggest that mobile payment service providers should particularly focus on building up consumer trust, and making their services clear, understandable and easy to use. Future research directions for extending this study are also discussed.</p>

The Intention to Use Mobile Digital Library Technology

2018 ◽  
pp. 931-953
Author(s):  
Sumayyah Hassan Alfaresi ◽  
Kate Hone
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Library Technology

This paper presents a qualitative study on student adoption of mobile library technology in a developing world context. The findings support the applicability of a number of existing constructs from the technology acceptance literature, such as perceived ease of use, social influence and trust. However, they also suggest the need to modify some adoption factors previously found in the literature to fit the specific context of mobile library adoption. Perceived value was found to be a more relevant overarching adoption factor than perceived usefulness for this context. Facilitating conditions were identified as important but these differed somewhat from those covered in earlier literature. The research also uncovered the importance of trialability for this type of application. The findings provide a basis for improving theory in the area of mobile library adoption and suggest a number of practical design recommendations to help designers of mobile library technology to create applications that meet user needs.

scholarly journals Explaining the Use of Social Network Sites as Seen by Older Adults: The Enjoyment Component of a Hedonic Information System

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio Ramírez-Correa ◽  
Elizabeth E. Grandón ◽  
Muriel Ramírez-Santana ◽  
Leonard Belmar Órdenes
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Enjoyment

Previous studies suggest that older adults are living increasingly alone and without the company of their close relatives, which cause them depression problems and a detriment to their health and general wellbeing. The use of social network sites (SNS) allows them to reduce their isolation, improve their social participation, and increase their autonomy. Although the adoption of various information technologies by older adults has been studied, some assumptions still predominate, for example, that older adults use SNS only for utilitarian purposes. However, considering SNS as hedonic information systems, and in order to extend the theoretical explanation of the intention to use hedonic systems to their actual use, this study aims to determine the influence of perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use on the use of SNS by elders in Concepción, Chile. Two hundred fifty-three older adults participated in the cross-sectional study. The results indicate that perceived ease of use is the variable that has the greatest total effect in explaining the use of SNS and that by adding the perceived enjoyment construct, the explanatory power of the model increases significantly. Therefore, advancement in user acceptance models, especially in the use of SNS by elders, can be made by focusing on the type of system, hedonic or utilitarian.

scholarly journals Structural Equation Modeling for Mobile Learning Acceptance by University Students: An Empirical Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8618
Author(s):  
Quadri Noorulhasan Naveed ◽  
Mohammad Mahtab Alam ◽  
Nasser Tairan
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Mobile Learning Acceptance ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Advanced mobile devices and global internet services have enhanced the usage of smartphones in the education sector and their potential for fulfilling teaching and learning objectives. The current study is an attempt to assess the factors affecting mobile learning acceptance by Saudi university students. A theoretical model of mobile learning acceptance was developed based on the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model. Theoretically, five independent constructs were identified as most contributory towards the use of mobile learning and tested empirically. Data were collected through an online survey and analyzed using SmartPLS. The results of the study indicate that four constructs were significantly associated with mobile learning acceptance: perceived usefulness (β = 0.085, t = 2.201, and p = 0.028), perceived ease of use (β = 0.031, t = 1.688, and p = 0.013), attitude (β = 0.100, t = 3.771, and p = 0.037), and facilitating conditions (β = 0.765, t = 4.319, and p = 0.001). On the other hand, social influence was insignificant (β = −0.061, t = 0.136, and p = 0.256) for mobile learning acceptance. The contribution of social influence towards the use of mobile learning was negative and insignificant; hence, it was neglected. Thus, finally, four constructs (perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude, and facilitating conditions) were considered as important determinants of mobile learning acceptance by university students.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Employees’ Intention to Use Cloud Computing

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Tarhini ◽  
Ra’ed Masa’deh ◽  
Ali Al-Badi ◽  
Majdolen Almajali ◽  
Sufian Hussien Alrabayaah
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Job Opportunity ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to investigate the effects of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, self-efficacy, trust, job opportunity, top management support, competitive pressure, and regulatory support on employees’ behavioral intention to use cloud computing. Data was collected by means of self-administrated questionnaire containing 25 items from 205 employees’ working in three, four, and five star hotels. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to test the research hypotheses. Results of the current study revealed that there are significant impacts of four independent variables (i.e. job opportunity, top management support, competitive pressure, and regulatory support) on behavioral intention (BI) to use cloud computing; whereas four independent variables (i.e. perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, self-efficacy, and trust) have no significant impact on BI. The results of T-test also showed that there is a significant difference in the impact of BI to use cloud computing in favor of gender. On the other hand, the results of ANOVA’s test showed that there is no significant difference in the impact of BI that can be attributed to age, educational level, and personal income; whereas a significant difference found in favor of work position and hotel’s classification. In light of these findings, implications to both theory and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Investigating Users’ Continued Usage Intentions of Online Learning Applications

Information ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Ji ◽  
Zhenhua Yang ◽  
Jianguo Liu ◽  
Changrui Yu
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Understanding users’ continued usage intentions for online learning applications is significant for online education. In this paper, we explore a scale to measure users’ usage intentions of online learning applications and empirically investigate the factors that influence users’ continued usage intentions of online learning applications based on 275 participant data. Using the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), the results show that males or users off campus are more likely to use online learning applications; that system characteristics (SC), social influence (SI), and perceived ease of use (PEOU) positively affect the perceived usefulness (PU), with coefficients of 0.74, 0.23, and 0.04, which imply that SC is the most significant to the PU of online learning applications; that facilitating conditions (FC) and individual differences (ID) positively affect the PEOU, with coefficients of 0.72 and 0.37, which suggest that FC is more important to the PEOU of online learning applications; and that both PEOU and PU positively affect the behavioral intention (BI), with coefficients of 0.83 and 0.51, which indicate that PEOU is more influential than PU to users’ continued usage intentions of online learning applications. In particular, the output quality, perceived enjoyment, and objective usability are critical to the users’ continued usage intentions of online learning applications. This study contributes to the technology acceptance research field with a fast growing market named online learning applications. Our methods and results would benefit both academics and managers with useful suggestions for research directions and user-centered strategies for the design of online learning applications.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF A PERCEIVED LACK OF AN INSTALLED BASE ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550021 ◽  
Author(s):  
FIONA M. SCHWEITZER
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Solar Systems ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Technical Innovations ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, I analyse the impact that a perceived lack of an installed base has on the adoption of technological products. I use the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), which considers perceived usefulness and ease-of-use as the central drivers of adoption and propose that the perceived lack of an installed base influences these two drivers. Based on cue utilisation theory, I further suggest that a perceived lack of an installed base can serve as an extrinsic cue of product quality deficiencies and difficulties with obtaining help and advice. In order to verify the supposed effect of a perceived lack of an installed base, I survey 162 households. The data shows that a perceived lack of an installed base of thermal solar systems (1) decreases their perceived usefulness and perceived ease-of-use and (2) acts as a mediator of the perceived risk. The study implies that managers launching technical innovations should develop strategies to influence consumers' perceptions of the current and the future installed base and communicate the development of the installed base to trigger adoption.

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