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How Environmental Uncertainty Moderates the Effect of Relative Advantage and Perceived Credibility on the Adoption of Mobile Health Services by Chinese Organizations in the Big Data Era
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Despite the importance of adoption of mobile health services by an organization on the diffusion of mobile technology in the big data era, it has received minimal attention in literature.
This study investigates how relative advantage and perceived credibility affect an organization’s adoption of mobile health services, as well as how environmental uncertainty changes the relationship of relative advantage and perceived credibility with adoption.
A research model that integrates relative advantage, perceived credibility, environmental uncertainty, and an organization’s intention to use mobile health service is developed.
Quantitative data are collected from senior managers and information systems managers in 320 Chinese healthcare organizations.
The empirical findings show that while relative advantage and perceived credibility both have positive effects on an organization’s intention to use mobile health services, relative advantage plays a more important role than perceived credibility.
Moreover, environmental uncertainty positively moderates the effect of relative advantage on an organization’s adoption of mobile health services.
Thus, mobile health services in environments characterized with high levels of uncertainty are more likely to be adopted because of relative advantage than in environments with low levels of uncertainty.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Xing& Zhang, Xing. 2016. How Environmental Uncertainty Moderates the Effect of Relative Advantage and Perceived Credibility on the Adoption of Mobile Health Services by Chinese Organizations in the Big Data Era. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1107085
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Xing& Zhang, Xing. How Environmental Uncertainty Moderates the Effect of Relative Advantage and Perceived Credibility on the Adoption of Mobile Health Services by Chinese Organizations in the Big Data Era. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1107085
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Xing& Zhang, Xing. How Environmental Uncertainty Moderates the Effect of Relative Advantage and Perceived Credibility on the Adoption of Mobile Health Services by Chinese Organizations in the Big Data Era. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1107085
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1107085