Adoption Of Mobile Technology Research Articles

A systematic review approach of mobile technology adoption in higher education

Many educators agree that mobile technology has great potential not only to improve our educational practices but also to change traditional learning platforms and classroom learning environments. There are also many advantages to integrating mobile technology into the 21st century classrooms to support teaching and learning. Mobile technology tools such as iPads, iPad mini, mobile applications, tablets, palm devices, e-readers and smartphones are becoming real-world tools that should be integrated into modern instructional practices to support digital learners and to promote meaningful learning. Educators are harnessing mobile devices within and beyond the classroom due to the flexibility, portability, affordability and popularity of those devices. This study explores the effectiveness of mobile technology adoption within 21st century classrooms processes and outcomes.

Discourse and politics in Alberta's Health System: An analysis of mobile technology policy

Advances in technology are changing the way healthcare professionals communicate with peers and with patients. Although healthcare professionals are increasingly utilizing mobile health technologies to successfully support their practices, healthcare organizations are slow to embrace and support the use of mobile technologies in the provision of health services. This paper uses a case study to highlight how the adoption and use of mobile technologies in clinical practice is impacted when there is a paucity of clear polices to provide direction. The localized approach is limited in its generalizability but is useful to provide a deeper understanding of the roles organizational discourse and politics have in technology acceptance. By reframing the circumstances present in the case study and analyzing the underlying issues of power and discourse, the goal is to better understand barriers to HIT approval and diffusion within a health system.

Intention to Use mHealth in Older Adults With Heart Failure.

mHealth, or the use of mobile technology in healthcare, is becoming increasingly common. In heart failure (HF), mHealth has been associated with improved self-management and quality of life. However, it is known that older adults continue to lag behind their younger counterparts when it comes to mobile technology adoption. The primary aim of this study was to examine factors that influence intention to use mHealth among older adults with HF. An adapted Technology Acceptance Model was used to guide this cross-sectional, correlational study. Convenience sampling was used to identify participants from a large university hospital and online. A total of 129 older adults with HF participated in the study. Social influence (β = 0.17, P = .010), perceived ease of use (β = 0.16, P < .001), and perceived usefulness (β = 0.33, P < .001) were significantly associated with intention to use mHealth even after controlling for potential confounders (age, gender, race, education, income, and smartphone use). Perceived financial cost and eHealth literacy were not significantly associated with intention to use mHealth. Researchers should consider using the participatory approach in developing their interventions to ensure that their mHealth-based interventions will not only address the patient's HF self-management needs but also be easy enough to use even for those who are less technology savvy.

EFFECTS OF MOBILE BANKING ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the effects of mobile banking on the capital structure of commercial banks in Kenya. Materials and methods: The study adopted descriptive cross sectional survey. The study population was 43 commercial banks in Kenya as at December 2015. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design that is cross-sectional in approach. The study covered the period 2010 to 2015. Secondary data set was gathered from the Audited Financial statements of the Banks, those deposited at the Nairobi Securities Exchange and CBK annual banking survey reports. A survey of all the 43 commercial banks was undertaken banks. A census of all the 43 banks was done. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 complimented by STATA software was used to aid in data analysis. Results: The study revealed that amount of loans issued, amount of withdrawals, amount of deposits and number of mobile bank users were satisfactory variables in explaining capital structure of commercial banks in Kenya. This is supported by coefficient of determination of 59.41%. Result findings revealed that amount of deposits was positively and significantly related to capital structure of the commercial banks. Recommendations: It is therefore recommended that commercial banks focus on building a strong relationship with customers. Further, it is recommended that commercial banks expand the mobile banking through adoption of mobile technology. The study used secondary data to determine the relationship between mobile banking and capital structure of commercial banks in Kenya.

The digital divide in adoption and use of mobile health technology among caregivers of pediatric surgery patients

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to identify mobile Health (mHealth) technology utilization among caregivers of pediatric surgery patients. MethodsWe provided a modified version of the 2012 mobile health survey from the Pew Research Center to English and Spanish-speaking caregivers of children aged <18years presenting to pediatric surgical outpatient clinics from June to July of 2016. ResultsA total of 171 caregivers completed the survey and included 57 (34%) whites, 30 (18%) blacks, 75 (44%) Hispanics, and 6 (4%) other races. Among these, 160 (94%) were smartphone owners. mHealth users were identified as individuals who used their phone to look up health information online, receive text updates from healthcare providers or pharmacists, or use any health-related smartphone applications. On univariate ordered logistic regression, race/ethnicity, primary language, education level, and income quartile were associated with level of mHealth technology use. The majority of responders (n=126, 76%) said that they would be very or moderately interested in trying a new smartphone app related to management of their child's health. ConclusionWhile the majority of pediatric caregivers are smartphone owners, there are significant racial and socioeconomic differences in mHealth usage. Understanding these differences may be important in identifying barriers to adoption of mHealth technology. Level of EvidenceLevel IV case series with no comparison group.

Privacy-protected statistics publication over social media user trajectory streams

An increasing amount of user location information is being generated due to the widespread use of social network applications and the ubiquitous adoption of mobile and wearable technologies. This data can be analysed to identify precise trajectories of individuals — where they went and when they were there. This is an obvious privacy issue, yet publication of real-time aggregate over such location streams can provide valuable resources for researchers and government agencies, e.g., in case of pandemics it would be very useful to identify who might have come into contact with an infected individual at a given time. Differential privacy techniques have become popular and widely adopted to address privacy concerns. However, there are three key issues that limit the application of existing differential privacy approaches to user trajectory data: (a) the heterogeneous nature of the trajectories, (b) uniform sliding window mechanisms do not meet individual privacy requirements and (c) limited privacy budgets and impact on data utility when applied to infinite data streams. To tackle these problems, this paper proposes a private real-time trajectory stream statistics publication mechanism utilizingdifferential privacy (DP-PSP). To relieve the heterogeneity issues, anchor point discovery (e.g., fixed locations like museums, parks, etc.) and road segmenting mechanisms are proposed. We provide an adaptive w-step sliding window approach that allows users to specify their own dynamic privacy budget distribution to optimize their own privacy budget. To preserve the data utility, we present multi-timestamp prediction models and private k-nearest neighbour selection and perturbation algorithms to reduce the amount of perturbation distortion induced through the differential privacy mechanism. Comprehensive experiments over real-life location-based social network user trajectories show that DP-PSP provides private data aggregate over infinite trajectory streams and boosts the utility and quality of the perturbed aggregation without compromising individual privacy.

How Consumer Attitudes Improve Repurchase Intention

In this research, we study factors such as perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and personal innovativeness in order to understand the consumer attitude construct to affect loyalty, satisfaction and repurchasing intention of mobile wallet applications in Thailand. We developed a research model based upon previous research where we propose and examine seven constructs. In general, thirteen out of fifteen hypotheses are supported by variables related to mobile technology adoption, usage and retention with the 461 Thai consumers sampled. Personal innovativeness, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use strongly loaded on consumer attitudes for mobile wallet applications as originally hypothesized. It was found that consumer attitudes are the key factor that drives satisfaction, increases loyalty and improves repurchase intention of mobile wallet applications in Thailand.

An Investigation into the Impact of Mobile Technologies on Economic Growth and Employment in the Caribbean

The adoption of mobile technologies in developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia has grown exponentially. People in poor regions are using mobile phones for banking, business transactions, socializing, staying connected and monitor the weather. This has reduced the need for travel, lead to the creation of new businesses, shorten supply chains and boost productivity. Consequently, these technologies can be used to eliminate the time and distance barriers between businesses and their customers. This paper examined the impact of mobile technologies in ten Caribbean countries which are primarily developing countries. It utilized a cross-country panel data and regression analysis to estimate and investigates the impact of mobile technologies on economic growth. Results from the paper showed that all the coefficient of the mobile technology components namely the internet user ratio, mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions and the fixed-telephone subscriptions were all significant and positive across all the regressions. This is because of the belief that they contribute to the knowledge spillover, which consequently enhances economic growth.

Pre-Service Computer Teachers’ Tendencies Towards the Use of Mobile Technologies: A Technology Acceptance Model Perspective

Abstract Drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this exploratory study examines the preservice teachers’ adoption of mobile technologies through the factors of current use, instructional use and future use in their teaching practices. Participants were 466 pre-service computer teachers enrolled at a public university in Turkey. A questionnaire developed by the researchers was used to collect data. Results indicated that the current use and instructional use factors had a strong positive correlation and also there was a similar correlation with the factor of future use and current use. Relationships between current, instructional, and future use of mobile technologies explained within the context of perceived usefulness, ease of use, and behavioural intention constructs of the TAM.

Modelling Digital Knowledge Transfer: Nurse Supervisors Transforming Learning at Point of Care to Advance Nursing Practice

Limited adoption of mobile technology for informal learning and continuing professional development within Australian healthcare environments has been explained primarily as an issue of insufficient digital and ehealth literacy of healthcare professionals. This study explores nurse supervisors’ use of mobile technology for informal learning and continuing professional development both for their own professional practice, and in their role in modelling digital knowledge transfer, by facilitating the learning and teaching of nursing students in the workplace. A convenience sample of 27 nurse supervisors involved with guiding and supporting undergraduate nurses participated in one of six focus groups held in two states of Australia. Expanding knowledge emerged as the key theme of importance to this group of clinicians. Although nurse supervisors regularly browsed Internet sources for learning and teaching purposes, a mixed understanding of the mobile learning activities that could be included as informal learning or part of formal continuing professional development was detected. Participants need educational preparation and access to mobile learning opportunities to improve and maintain their digital and ehealth literacy to appropriately model digital professionalism with students. Implementation of mobile learning at point of care to enable digital knowledge transfer, augment informal learning for students and patients, and support continuing professional development opportunities is necessary. Embedding digital and ehealth literacy within nursing curricula will promote mobile learning as a legitimate nursing function and advance nursing practice.

A Comprehensive Analysis on the Adoption of Mobile Technology by Using Big Data-Based Social Media Marketing in SME Retailers in Jordan

The adoption of mobile technology (MT) has changed lives and businesses across the globe; shopping behaviour has changed from using normal desktops and laptops to mobiles or smartphones technologies in Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Mobile Technology (MT) devices and its applications are generally more used in Big Data-based social media platforms as individual or commercial for both retailers and consumers in a way of interaction for both product information sharing and shopping experience. The way SMEs do business continues to change in terms of social media marketing, e-commerce and the business are all impacted by Mobile Technology (MT) adoption and mostly for the better. Furthermore, SMEs started to have all their business websites responsive and adaptive to Mobile Technology (MT) or smartphone devices technology. This new era calls mobile Big Data-based social media as marketing strategies to those smartphone users to make their shopping experience easy and interact with their business in an effective way. The aim of this research paper is to investigate the adoption of Mobile Technology (MT) and use of Big Data-based Social Media Marketing (SMM) in Jordanian SME retailers. The paper also conducts a comprehensive review of the practices of Mobile Technology (MT) using Social Media Marketing (SMM) in SMEs in order to determine a range of marketing variables that could have an impact on the success of using these marketing practices in terms of brand awareness, sales performance and brand loyalty. The paper proposes a research model as per the comprehensive secondary data (literature review) to develop an understanding of how organisations and firms in SMEs in Jordan exploit various Big Data-based social media platforms in marketing and explore the importance of adoption Mobile Technology (MT) and the growth of Social Media Marketing. It is expected that, the initial findings of this paper will help Jordanian SMEs to adopt Mobile Technology (MT) and explore on how to utilise their contemporary and interactive social media as part of their e-marketing strategies in order to become more connected with their customers and suppliers so that they will be able to increase their efficiency (such as more revenues, reduce costs) and improve effectiveness (such as improving product or service quality). The initial results of adoption Mobile Technology (MT) by using Big Data-based social media marketing will be further analysed in different ways of engaging social media as marketing tools in marketing communication, promotion, discounts, market research, sales, creating brand loyalty, enhancing brand awareness, increasing sales and financial performance of organisations.

Interest in use of mHealth technology in HIV prevention and associated factors among high-risk drug users enrolled in methadone maintenance program

ABSTRACTThe adoption of mobile technologies for health (mHealth) in healthcare has grown considerably in recent years, but systematic assessment of interest in the use of mHealth in HIV prevention efforts among people who use drugs (PWUD) is lacking. We therefore examined interest in use of mHealth technology in HIV prevention and associated individual-level factors among high-risk PWUD enrolled in methadone maintenance program. A total of 400 HIV-negative PWUD, who reported drug- and/or sex-related risk behaviors completed a standardized assessment using audio computer assisted self-interview (ACASI). Results revealed significant interest in using mHealth-based approaches for specific purposes, including: to receive medication reminders (72.3%), to receive information about HIV risk reduction (65.8%), and to assess HIV risk behaviors (76.5%). Multivariate analysis showed that interest in receiving medication reminders was associated with currently taking medication and being neurocognitively impaired, whereas interest in receiving HIV-risk reduction information was associated with being non-white, married, and perceiving the person was at high-risk for contracting HIV. Similarly, participants’ interested in using mHealth for HIV risk behavior assessment was associated with having recently visited a healthcare provider and exhibiting depressive symptoms. Overall, this study demonstrated that high-risk PWUD are interested in using mHealth-based tools as a key part of an HIV prevention approach within a common type of drug treatment settings. Thus, formative research on preferences for design and functionality of mHealth-based HIV prevention tools are now needed, followed by practical development, implementation, and evaluation of these new intervention strategies.

UNDERSTANDING CONSUMER ADOPTION OF MOBILE PAYMENTS: MODEL DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT Rapid diffusion of smartphones is driving a generation accustomed to the ubiquity of information. One aspect of this worldwide cultural shift is adoption of mobile payment technology. A multiple construct model reflecting mobile payment characteristics is proposed and empirically tested on 203 electronic survey data responses. The model explains 65% of the variance in mobile payment adoption, serving as a holistic representation that can be applied in a broad context. All hypothesized paths, with the exception of third party validation to perceived risk, are supported. Results indicate that relative advantage is the strongest predictor of mobile payment adoption. Discussion and implications of findings are presented. Keywords mobile payments, mobile transactions, intention to use, adoption of innovation, theory of reasoned action, diffusion of innovation, trust transfer

Mobile Technology in the Perioperative Arena: Rapid Evolution and Future Disruption.

Throughout the history of medicine, physicians have relied upon disruptive innovations and technologies to improve the quality of care delivered, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction. The implementation of mobile technology in health care is quickly becoming the next disruptive technology. We first review the history of mobile technology over the past 3 decades, discuss the impact of hardware and software, explore the rapid expansion of applications (apps), and evaluate the adoption of mobile technology in health care. Next, we discuss how technology serves as the vehicle that can transform traditional didactic learning into one that adapts to the learning behavior of the student by using concepts such as the flipped classroom, just-in-time learning, social media, and Web 2.0/3.0. The focus in this modern education paradigm is shifting from teacher-centric to learner-centric, including providers and patients, and is being delivered as context-sensitive, or semantic, learning. Finally, we present the methods by which connected health systems via mobile devices increase information collection and analysis from patients in both clinical care and research environments. This enhanced patient and provider connection has demonstrated benefits including reducing unnecessary hospital readmissions, improved perioperative health maintenance coordination, and improved care in remote and underserved areas. A significant portion of the future of health care, and specifically perioperative medicine, revolves around mobile technology, nimble learners, patient-specific information and decision-making, and continuous connectivity between patients and health care systems. As such, an understanding of developing or evaluating mobile technology likely will be important for anesthesiologists, particularly with an ever-expanding scope of practice in perioperative medicine.

Has it Pierced or Yet To Pierce? A Critical Analysis of E-Retailing’s Penetration into Rural India using Extended Technology Acceptance [TAM2

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Genesis: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gone are those days when markets were associated with transactions involving physical cash; due to demonetization of high value currency notes India is now witnessing a giant leap of transformation towards digital economy. Cash transactions get replaced by mobile wallets, e-payments, bank transfers, online payments etc. this brings in greater degree of transparency into the system through high degree accountability of transactions.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cashless economy needs adoption of technology [mobile internet] to proceed smoothly; urban India is positively skewed towards digital economy, but rural India is not well equipped and educated to adopt, use and substitute the physical transaction mechanisms with digital transaction mechanisms. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Major stake holders of rural weekly markets are farmers whose literacy rates and financial status are often scaled below par. Access to smart phone is certainly increasing among rural consumers, but to what extent they are willing to adopt the mobile internet technology as a means for executing financial transactions is a debatable question. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In order to steer the rural consumer’s trajectory towards digital payment mode in rural India, it is important to understand the factors/forces influencing the acceptance of technology among rural consumers, thereby strategies can be devised to sail over the tide of resistance easily.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Approach: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A survey was conducted using The Extended Technology Acceptance Model [TAM2] to ascertain the various factors/forces that are responsible for resistance towards acceptance of mobile internet technology as a means for executing their financial transactions, particularly in the rural weekly markets of Ballari district.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Methods: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Measurement of the facets of TAM2 such as (intention to use, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norms, voluntariness, image) was done and subjected to rigorous data processing and analysis using the relevant statistical tools such as, KMO Test, Bartlett’s Test, cronbach’s alpha, Factor Analysis, mean, standard deviation and percentage analysis. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Results: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The assessment unearthed the various factors/forces affecting the rural consumer’s intentions towards acceptance of mobile internet technology as a means for executing their financial transactions, among which, safety, security, intangibility aspect, credibility and accessibility of money in electronic form were prominent.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Conclusion/Recommendations: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;ural consumers lack necessary equipments [smart phones] and knowledge of usage which act as a major bottleneck blocking the inroads of digital economy in rural markets; along with many factors/forces result in resistance towards adoption of mobile internet technology for executing their financial transactions. Recommendations include all those initiatives that results in acceptance of technology among rural consumers such as, ensuring security, safety, credibility of transactions, accessibility of digital money etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;The rest of the paper is maneuvered with following sequence, Part 1: Introduction to the concept of digital economy; Part 2: Review of literature; Part 3: Gap Analysis; Part 4: Objectives of the study; Part 5: Research methodology; Part 6: Data analysis; Part 7: Findings; Part 8: Conclusion &amp;amp; Recommendations.&lt;/em&gt;

Do Affective Variables Make a Difference in Consumers Behavior Toward Mobile Advertising?

Research into permission-based mobile marketing is increasingly common due to the widespread adoption of mobile technology and its use as a communication channel. Yet few studies have attempted to analyze the factors that determine attitudes toward mobile advertising while simultaneously considering: the links among them and consumers' intentions, behavior, and/or cognitive and affective variables simultaneously. The present research therefore sought to deepen understanding of the antecedents and consequences of attitudes toward permission-based mobile advertising. More specifically, it sought to identify the antecedents of attitudes toward mobile advertising and the bridges between these attitudes and consumers' intentions upon receiving advertising on their mobile devices. To this end, a causal model was proposed and tested with a sample of 612 mobile phone users that was collected from a panel of Spanish adults who receive advertising on their mobile phones in the form of SMS text messages. The structural model used was validated using the partial least squares (PLS) regression technique. The results show that the greatest influence was that exerted by positive emotions on feelings, suggesting that positive emotions have an indirect effect on attitude toward mobile advertising. This influence was even greater than their direct effect. Another important, though less powerful, effect was the influence of attitude on behavioral intentions to receive mobile advertising. In contrast, the influence of cognitive variables on attitude was less relevant.

Measuring Mobile Phone Technology Adoption in SMEs

Mobile technology has experienced a huge acceptance by many users in the current generation. This is due to the benefits offered through its use by individuals and organisations. Similarly, technology adoption studies have widely been used to uncover factors which determine their adoption in different contexts. Some of the scenarios in technology adoption differ due to the specific technology which is under study. For instance, mobile phone technology differs from other computing technologies in several aspects due to its nature i.e. mobility. These differences come along with some different insights concerning the adoption of mobile phones in a particular context. Highlighting important issues on studying the adoption of mobile technology is necessary, especially in developing countries where SMEs are engaging in the usage of mobile phones to accomplish business processes. Thus, this paper provides set of metrics for measuring adoption of mobile phone technology in SMEs. This qualitative study uses a combination of critical literature reviews and interviews conducted by involving key stakeholders of SMEs in Tanzania. This paper shows that among the existing metrics which are used in measuring adoption of other computing technologies, only value creation metric has more realistic grounds to explain the extent of mobile phones adoption in the context of SMEs.

Immunisation-notification adoption model: strategies for implementing mobile electronic notification of mothers in Uganda

Mobile e-health systems play a significant role in information delivery by enhancing efficiency, cost effectiveness and mobility. In Uganda, mobile e-health has been predominantly adopted to facilitate information sharing between Ministry of Health and district health offices despite the availability of mobile phones in the community. This study sought to develop an immunisation-notification adoption model to support the use of mobile technology for creating citizen awareness. It focused on the adoption of mobile technology for notifying and reminding mothers of immunisation schedules. The objective was achieved by extending technology acceptance model to predict user satisfaction with the new system. Descriptive survey design was employed using questionnaire for data collection. The study implemented in Northern Uganda targeted 51 health workers and mothers in Gulu referral and Gulu independent hospitals. The model has the dimensions of knowledge, accessibility, support, content, trust, funding, awareness, knowledge sharing, skills and ease of use. Perceived usefulness was considered the key driver for the system adoption.

Immunisation-notification adoption model: strategies for implementing mobile electronic notification of mothers in Uganda

Mobile e-health systems play a significant role in information delivery by enhancing efficiency, cost effectiveness and mobility. In Uganda, mobile e-health has been predominantly adopted to facilitate information sharing between Ministry of Health and district health offices despite the availability of mobile phones in the community. This study sought to develop an immunisation-notification adoption model to support the use of mobile technology for creating citizen awareness. It focused on the adoption of mobile technology for notifying and reminding mothers of immunisation schedules. The objective was achieved by extending technology acceptance model to predict user satisfaction with the new system. Descriptive survey design was employed using questionnaire for data collection. The study implemented in Northern Uganda targeted 51 health workers and mothers in Gulu referral and Gulu independent hospitals. The model has the dimensions of knowledge, accessibility, support, content, trust, funding, awareness, knowledge sharing, skills and ease of use. Perceived usefulness was considered the key driver for the system adoption.

QUADRO CONCEITUAL PARA ESTUDO DOS IMPACTOS DA ADOÇÃO DE TECNOLOGIAS MÓVEIS POR EQUIPES DE VENDAS

This paper builds a conceptual framework about the impact of adoption of mobile information technologies (TIMs) for sales teams. In order to accomplish that, an exploratory study was developed, based on the literature on adoption and use of mobile information technologies in the organizational context, and specifically in commercial teams. As a result, a conceptual framework about the impacts resulting from the adoption of TIMs in sales teams is presented. The conceptual framework has five dimensions of a model that helps to treat the adoption of TIMs by the actors at the end of a process, namely: seller’s productivity, information processing, communication effectiveness, competence seller and quality of customer relations. The study results provide better grounds on which to develop empirical studies in this context. Finally, questions and suggestions for research are raised