An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM

Mobile health apps acceptance is the necessary element for healthcare business success and market expanded. Hence, the current study examines features that impact the acceptance of mHealth apps among silver generation mobile users in China. Companion presence, initial trust and the Senior Technology...

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Main Authors: Xie, Qing, Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali, Mohamed, Rosmah, Subramaniam, Anusuiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resources Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116902/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116902/1/116902.pdf
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author Xie, Qing
Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali
Mohamed, Rosmah
Subramaniam, Anusuiya
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Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali
Mohamed, Rosmah
Subramaniam, Anusuiya
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description Mobile health apps acceptance is the necessary element for healthcare business success and market expanded. Hence, the current study examines features that impact the acceptance of mHealth apps among silver generation mobile users in China. Companion presence, initial trust and the Senior Technology Acceptance Model (STAM) was employed as influencing factors. Questionnaires for data collection was extracted and data was collected from 641 responses using the purposive sampling approach. Smart-PLS was applied to examine the relationships among variables. The results indicated that companion presence and initial trust have positive nexuses with mHealth apps acceptance intention. This study contributes new insights to evaluating mHealth apps acceptance by considering the effects of companion roles of apps and also offers substantial contributions for practitioners to improving the app features
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spelling upm-1169022025-04-17T06:19:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116902/ An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM Xie, Qing Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali Mohamed, Rosmah Subramaniam, Anusuiya Mobile health apps acceptance is the necessary element for healthcare business success and market expanded. Hence, the current study examines features that impact the acceptance of mHealth apps among silver generation mobile users in China. Companion presence, initial trust and the Senior Technology Acceptance Model (STAM) was employed as influencing factors. Questionnaires for data collection was extracted and data was collected from 641 responses using the purposive sampling approach. Smart-PLS was applied to examine the relationships among variables. The results indicated that companion presence and initial trust have positive nexuses with mHealth apps acceptance intention. This study contributes new insights to evaluating mHealth apps acceptance by considering the effects of companion roles of apps and also offers substantial contributions for practitioners to improving the app features Human Resources Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2024-05-29 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116902/1/116902.pdf Xie, Qing and Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali and Mohamed, Rosmah and Subramaniam, Anusuiya (2024) An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14 (5). pp. 1635-1652. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/21665/An-Empirical-Study-on-the-Influencing-Factors-of-Mobile-Health-Apps-Acceptance-Among-Silver-Generation-in-China-An-Extended-STAM 10.6007/ijarbss/v14-i5/21665
spellingShingle Xie, Qing
Mahomed, Anuar Shah Bali
Mohamed, Rosmah
Subramaniam, Anusuiya
An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM
title An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM
title_full An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM
title_fullStr An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM
title_full_unstemmed An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM
title_short An empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in China: an extended STAM
title_sort empirical study on the influencing factors of mobile health apps acceptance among silver generation in china: an extended stam
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116902/1/116902.pdf