• DocumentCode
    2398162
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    19-20 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    2588
  • Lastpage
    2592
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems and Informatics (ICSAI), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Yantai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0198-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSAI.2012.6223583
  • Filename
    6223583