VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY THE INFLUENCE OF ADAPTATION BEHAVIORS ON CONTINUANCE INTENTION TO USE DIGITAL PLATFORMS: THE CASE OF RIDE-HAILING SERVICE IN VIETNAM DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ID: PBAIU19001 HO CHI MINH CITY- 2023 NGUYEN GIANG DO THE INFLUENCE OF ADAPTATION BEHAVIORS ON CONTINUANCE INTENTION TO USE DIGITAL PLATFORMS: THE CASE OF RIDE-HAILING SERVICE IN VIETNAM MAJOR: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ID: PBAIU19001 SUPERVISOR DR. HA MINH TRI HO CHI MINH CITY- 2023 STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that, except where due acknowledgement has been made, the thesis is the work of the author alone, and the work has not been submitted previously, in whole or in part, to qualify for any other academic award; the content of this thesis is the result of work which has been carried out since the official commencement date of the approved research program. Any editorial work, paid or unpaid, carried out by a third party is acknowledged. Nguyen Giang Do Ho Chi Minh City January, 2023 1V REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS Nguyen, D.
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Ăn kg kt 40 ABSTRACT The development of the mobile application-based businesses such as ride- hailing services are becoming popular. However, continuance intention to re-use the ride-hailing service has yet to be adequately explored for users, both ride- hailing drivers and riders. Furthermore, few studies have analyzed the continuance intention from the perspective of ride-hailing platform drivers. Relying on (i) the adaptive structuration theory for individuals, (1) an expectation-confirmation model, and (iii) the decomposed theory of planned behavior, our study proposes a theoretical framework and a research model to examine how the users’ adaptation process influences the intention to continue using ride-hailing applications.
Our research employs questionnaire-based and face-to-face interviews to collect data from over 500 drivers of the largest application-based ride-hailing firms across Vietnam. A structural equation modeling method was used to analyze the data and validate the hypothetical relationships. Our empirical findings broaden the comprehensive insights into the effect of users’ adaptation on their continuance intention to use the mobile application. In addition, the study also provides a fresh outlook to understanding how input factors of the adaptation process, including perceived usefulness, management support, self-efficacy, and trust, influence continuance intention to use the ride-hailing application in an emerging country setting, such as Vietnam in this case.
Keywords: adaptation behavior; continuance intention; management support; self-efficacy; trust; mobile application; ride-hailing service; Vietnam.1 Overview Many of the world’s largest companies are currently doing their business with mobile commerce (m-commerce) via mobile applications (m-apps), digital platforms (DP), or an information technology system (IS). Firms such as Facebook, Uber, Airbnb, Didi, Amazon, Alibaba, Lyft, Grab, and many others are application-based and have each been given valuations of billions of dollars (Cusumano et al. McKinsey has estimated that more than one third of all global economic transactions, over US$60 trillion, will be carried out through DP and m-apps by 2030 (Basu, 2021; Chauhan, 2020). M-commerce has advanced sufficiently to allow users to conduct a convenient information search for a product or service, purchase, and payment anywhere and anytime (GroB, 2016; Ko et al., 2009; Tam et al.
M-app was originally seen as a web-based software, application, or platform that “allows stakeholders to interact and share experiences,” and a core of m-commerce (Ramaswamy & Gouillart, 2010, p. Tang (2019) considered m-apps as “mobile application software designed to support the functions of performing tasks on smartphones, tablet computers, and other personal mobile devices” (p. The ride-hailing service application (RHA) represents a type of m- commerce that facilitates rider-driver interactions for IT-enabled transportation services via smartphones (Alemi et al, 2018; Joia & Altieri, 2018; Kourouthanassis & Giaglis, 2012; Turban et al. In other words, ride- hailing is a mobile application-based business model that connects two main type of ride-hailing users, including drivers (service providers) and riders (customers, end-users), and other users (product providers) in the transportation service sector (Chalermpong et al.
According to Google, Temasek, and Bain, the ride-hailing service in Vietnam has the leading growth rate of Southeast Asia, which is at 15.9% annually, projected to reach $3.77 billion in 2022 and $4.6 billion by 2026, with a total of 21. While the ride- 8 hailing service has the potential for growth, coupled with the competitive challenges from many international (e., Grab; Gojek, Lalamove) and domestic (e., AhaMove; Be) players, it is still in its nascent stages (Brail, 2022; Chauhan, 2021). While extant literature on IT implementation (Jasperson et al., 2005; Kwon & Zmud, 1987; Saga & Zmud, 1993), IT adaptation (Raisch et al., 2009; Schmitz et al., 2016), and innovative technology diffusion (Cooper & Zmud, 1990; Rogers et al., 2014) have claimed that the importance of determining input factors of adaptation process such as technology characteristics (e., the usefulness of mobile app), individual characteristics (e., user IT self-efficacy), and environmental characteristics (e., management support), affect decision and performance outcomes (1., behavioral intention and usage) (Bhattacherjee & Lin, 2015; Joia & Altieri, 2018; Karahanna et al., 2006; Schmitz et al., 2016; Taylor & Todd, 1995), there is currently a scarcity of studies investigating the influences of these potential factors on user adaptation and the outcome of continuance usage in an integrated model. So far, no empirical work has clarified the linkage between user adaptation and their continuance intention in IT implementation.
In the context of platform-based ride-hailing services, the need for an in-depth study of the relationship between behavioral adaptation and continuance intention remains a research gap that must be filled. These are the rationale that explains why the research matters and should be undertaken. Therefore, this study sets out to connect this gap by examining the effect of users’ adaptation to their continuing usage in the context of the m-app ride-hailing service.