Exploring sectoral diversity in the timing of organizational blockchain adoption

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cigdem Turhan ◽  
Ibrahim Akman
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Blockchain Technology

PurposeBlockchain is a relatively new technology. Although it has a high potential to influence organizational strategies for adoption into respective operations, it has not been widely explored yet. This study aims to assess the sectoral diversity in the timing of organizational adoption of blockchain through selected organizational factors.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted based on a sample of 208 IT professionals. The data was collected using an instrument containing 17 questions. The existence of sector diversity was statistically analyzed using the Least Square Regression method.FindingsThe results indicate that, except for management support and perceived ease of use, all the other factors in the analysis significantly influence sector diversity in terms of blockchain adoption timing.Originality/valueAlthough blockchain has received attention from researchers, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there is no published work in the literature that explores the organizational factors influencing sectoral differences in the timing of blockchain technology adoption. Therefore, our work is unique in the related literature since we present analyses for the diversity between public and private sectors by modeling the factors affecting the intentions for the timing of blockchain adoption as part of the organizations' IT infrastructure.

New technology in health education

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Buabeng-Andoh
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Use Of Technology

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate undergraduate nursing students’ use of mobile learning (m-learning) and the factors contributing to their use of m-learning. Design/methodology/approach In total, 586 nursing students from three universities in Ghana participated in this study. Survey questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, sample t-test and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Findings The research found that most students owned smartphones. Mobile technology was mainly used for doing homework. The result indicates that gender differences exist in terms of perceived usefulness of m-learning. In addition, age differences exist with regard to the perceived ease of use of m-learning. Furthermore, students showed positive attitudes toward the use of technology. Finally, perceived usefulness and attitudes toward the use of technology predicted students’ intention to use m-learning. Originality/value Despite the abundance of research on nursing education in other countries, there is a lack of research on nursing students’ use of m-learning and factors influencing their implementation of m-learning in higher learning institutions in Ghana. This study is important because it provides a clear description of nursing students’ use of m-learning and factors affecting their use in schools. Also, the author suggests that information from this study assists school administrators and nursing educators to understand students’ positions regarding m-learning in classroom.

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMERS’ ACCEPTANCE OF THE ADOPTION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AT DONG A COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK, HUE BRANCH

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (5A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duong Dac Quang Hao ◽  
Tran Thai Hoa ◽  
Nguyen Huu Dung
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Blockchain Technology

Abstract: This study aims to develop and test the integrative model of the factors affecting customers’ acceptance intention of the adoption of blockchain technology. Data were collected from a sample of 195 customers who have been conducting transactions at Dong A Bank – Hue branch. Samples are selected by using the systematic random sampling method. Structural equation modelling (SEM) is used to test the hypothesized relationships. The findings indicate that six out of eight tested relationships are supported. Perceived usefulness (PU) and Perceived ease of use (PEU) are the most critical factors affecting customers’ Attitude (AT). Attitude also has a direct and positive correlation to customers’ acceptance Intention (IN). Notably, Personal characteristics (PC) and Risk perception (RP) are the two most influential factors affecting Perceived usefulness. And, the Perceived ease of use factor is only affected by customers’ Self-command (SC). In general, this study contributes to enriching the existing knowledge of blockchain adoption in banks and helps banks figure out an efficient way to adopt blockchain technology.Keywords: customers’ acceptance, blockchain adoption, Dong A Bank, Hue branch

scholarly journals Analysis Of Factors Affecting Adoption Of Financial Technology Application

SENTRALISASI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Chalimatuz Sa'diyah
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Behavior Intention ◽  
Global Science ◽  
Financial Technology

Financial technology has been an invaluable instructional material in the global science and technology trend and is the target of new technology applications of great business potential. This study aims to analyze the influence of brand and service trust, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use on behaviour intention through attitude on fintech users. This research method uses purposive sampling method with the criteria of entrepreneurs using financial technology and located in Malang city. The number of samples used in this study was 160 respondents. Data interpretation using the Smart PLS3 system for analysis. The results showed that brand and service trust affects attitude. Perceived usefulness affects attitude. Perceived ease of use affects attitude. Attitude affects to Behavior Intention. Attitude variable can mediate the influence of Brand and Service Trust, Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use on Behavior Intention. The Sobel test results show that the bigger indirect effect is the influence of Brand and Service Trust on Behavior Intention through Attitude.

scholarly journals Teacher’s Perception towards Usage of Social Media To Enhance Teaching Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shazia Shahab Shaikh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use

The study directs to analyze the perception of teachers towards the adaption of social media as a new technology for the enhancement of teaching performance. The collected data contains a sample of n=130 faculty members of two public universities of Sindh province of Pakistan. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been used in the framework of the study. The data were analyzed by the Smart Partial Least Square (PLS) software version 3. The aggregate response from the teacher's rate is 94.7% for the current study. More than an average social networking source, Whatsapp mostly used 58.46% by the teachers of public universities. The teachers of public universities use 92.31% of Facebook and 67.69% of Whatsapp less than four hours per day. Acceptable scores of Cronbach’s Alpha through reliability values appear greater than 0.70 up to 0.987. Moreover, both AVE and CV are indicating acceptable scores. A value of SRMR below 0.08 is a depiction of good fit. The study confirmed all the established hypotheses indicating the factors including Perceived Usefulness and the Perceived Ease of Use and towards teachers’ performance and satisfaction are significantly affected by the use of social media. Therefore, the study finds a stronger association of social media use to Perceived ease of usefulness. It is also observed that the Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use appear crucial factors to make a significant prediction about teachers’ performance after using social media in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Future of Mobile Commerce: An Exploratory Study on Factors affecting Mobile Users’ Behaviour Intention

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshan Bhullar ◽  
Pushpinder Singh Gill
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mobile Users ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Business Opportunity ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Research Show

Mobile commerce (M-commerce) being the subset of e-commerce, signifies a new field of business opportunity. The future of mobile commerce depends on how the mobile users’ intend to adopt this new technology induced business model. With the success of e-commerce in India, there is a huge potential for m-commerce growth. As m-commerce technologies grow and mature, it is the users’ experience and adoption of m-commerce that will drive its growth. The users’ acceptance of m-commerce depends upon various factors, which influence his/her behaviour towards m-commerce. The current research is an effort to identify such antecedents that affects behavioural intention of mobile users towards m-commerce. A survey was conducted among 150 internet mobile users in Chandigarh city using structured self-administered questionnaire to identify such factors. The results show that perceived enjoyment and perceived usefulness are the most important factors followed by trust and perceived cost, which affects mobile users’ behaviour intention to use m-commerce. Perceived ease of use and social influence was not found to have significant influence on mobile users’ behaviour intention. The findings of this research show strong empirical base for all marketers and strategists who are looking to take full advantage of the strength of m-commerce.

scholarly journals Factors affecting intention to use e-banking in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel Latef M. Anouze ◽  
Ahmed S. Alamro
Keyword(s):  
Customer Value ◽  
Internet Banking ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting

Purpose Despite the wide availability of internet banking, levels of intention to use such facilities remain variable between countries. The purpose of this paper is to focus on e-banking in a country with low intention to use e-banking – Jordan – and to explain the slow uptake. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative method employing a cross-sectional survey was used as an appropriate way of meeting the research objectives. The survey was distributed to bank customers in Amman, Jordan, collecting a total of 328 completed questionnaires. SPSS and AMOS software were used, and multiple regression and artificial neural networks were applied to determine the relative impact and importance of e-banking predictors. Findings The statistical techniques revealed that several major factors, including perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, security and reasonable price, stand out as the barriers to intention to use e-banking services in Jordan. Originality/value This study theorizes a series of implications on intention to use e-banking. It draws the attention of Jordanian banks to the full functionality of their e-banking systems, emphasizing positive safety features, which could contribute to changing negative customer perceptions. It also contributes to eliciting the theory of customer value among banks by focusing on how they should properly enhance their use of shared value. Moreover, it will present to managers how e-banking predictors can send meaningful and timely information to customers.

Mobile banking adoption in an emerging economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 743-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Priya ◽  
Aradhana Vikas Gandhi ◽  
Ateeque Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Indian Consumers ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors affecting mobile banking adoption among young Indian consumers. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a cross-sectional survey research design to empirically examine the factors affecting mobile banking adoption among young Indian consumers. The study sample consists of 269 respondents aged between 23 and 30 years from India. Findings The findings of the study suggest that perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEU), perceived credibility (PC) and structural assurance (SA) are strong determinants of user satisfaction (US) and behavioral intention (BI) to use the mobile banking service. US was found to partially mediate the relationship between PU, PEU, PC and SA and BI to use the service. Perceived risk was found to be statistically insignificant in terms of its relationship with BI to use the service. Research limitations/implications The results of this study provide good evidence for banks to further revamp their work practices in the area of mobile banking to enhance the overall penetration of mobile banking in India. Originality/value The study identifies factors influencing mobile banking adoption among young Indian consumers. Furthermore, this study suggests that US partially mediates the relationship between factor influencing mobile banking adoption and BI.

scholarly journals The Literature Review of Blockchain Adoption

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-50
Author(s):  
Sukina Almekhlafi ◽  
Nagi Al-Shaibany
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Adoption Studies ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Tam Model

Blockchain is an emerging technology that depends on distribution, decentralization, and encryption. Recently, it has gained wide interest in various fields of studies. Several considerable research on blockchain adoption has appeared in international journals across different disciplines, however, a review of literature on the adoption of blockchain remains rare. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive literature review of the current blockchain adoption studies that use individual adoption models or theories. This paper included the papers that are published in the 7 Scopus database from 2017-2021. Studies were analyzed to determine the adoption models or theories that are used, industry, country, methodology, and identify the most important influencing factors that drive the user to accept the adoption of blockchain technology. The results showed that there are still limitations in adoption studies in various fields such as health and education however, the field of supply chain management is one of the areas that received the most attention in the studies. Common studies relied on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) model as well as the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Moreover, perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU) are considered the most important factors affecting the intention of users in adopting blockchain technology in different fields. The research findings have implications on blockchain adoption research. In terms of theory, the findings provide a guideline for the other researchers to put their own research in a better context and thus contribute to understanding the relevant blockchain adoption issues that require further investigation.

What influences teachers to continue using cloud services?

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Sui Wang ◽  
Yu-Lin Jeng ◽  
Yong-Ming Huang
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Collaboration ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Support Teacher

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of teachers’ continuance intention concerning cloud services. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a cloud service, namely, Google Sites, to support teacher collaboration and further develop a research model to explore the determinants of their continued usage intention. Findings The findings reveal that continued intention to use the cloud services is primarily determined by their attitude towards using it; attitude towards using is affected by perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness; and perceived ease of use is influenced by facilitating conditions, while perceived usefulness is influenced by social influence. Practical implications This study determines that teachers intend to continue using cloud services once training in using such services has been provided and if they hear favourable opinions from others. Originality/value The paper enables us to better understand factors affecting teachers' continuance intention toward cloud services.

Predicting the adoption of mobile payment applications during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahyu Rafdinal ◽  
Widi Senalasari
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Mobile Payment ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Application Service

PurposeThis study aims to analyse the adoption of mobile payment applications during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic using the technology acceptance model (TAM) and Technology Readiness Index (TRI).Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 400 mobile payment application users in Indonesia. The structural equation model–partial least square (SEM-PLS) analysis was conducted to analyse the relationship between variables and test a series of hypotheses.FindingsTRI constructs affect perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, with the exception of discomfort which has no significant effect on the perceived usefulness. In addition, attitude is influenced by two main TAM variables: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Meanwhile, the intention to use mobile payment applications is influenced by attitude.Research limitations/implicationsThis study will assist mobile payment application service providers and policymakers in planning services and increasing the adoption of mobile payment applications during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study will also add the existing knowledge about the mobile payment applications literature in the context of a pandemic.Originality/valueThis study is the first to empirically employ the TAM and TRI in analysing the adoption of mobile payment applications during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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