Title :
An exploratory study on the adoption of mobile services through social media
Author :
Gao, Shang ; Gopalakrishnan, Vijayakumari ; Ganapathy, Ramesh ; Gopalakrishnan, Sundar
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus. Adm., Zhongnan Univ. of Econ. & Law, Wuhan, China
Abstract :
With the advancement of information communication technology, mobile devices find its utility growing gradually for various business domains. Moreover, there has been considerable growth of business opportunities over social media provides a win-win situation for both business stakeholders and end users. Therefore, it is believed that further research on the usage of mobile services through social media is needed. In this research, we aim to explore the potential factors which would affect the adoption of mobile services through media social. As a result, we present an adapted mobile services acceptance model and propose seven factors which could potentially influence users´ intention to use mobile services through social media.
Keywords :
mobile computing; organisational aspects; social networking (online); adapted mobile services acceptance model; business domains; business opportunity; business stakeholders; end users; exploratory study; information communication technology; media social; mobile devices; social media; win-win situation; Adaptation models; Business; Context; Media; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Social network services; Context; Social Media; Transparency; Trust; the Adoption of Mobile Services;
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Informatics (ICSAI), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yantai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0198-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSAI.2012.6223583