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Consumers’ intentions to utilize smartphone diet applications: an integration of the privacy calculus model with self-efficacy, trust and experience

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Purpose 

The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of behavioral intention to use smartphone diet applications within the emerging market. Specifically, it focuses on the Privacy Calculus Model constructs, encompassing perceived risk and perceived benefit, as well as the pivotal elements of trust and self-efficacy. It also explores the moderating influence of experience on the influencing factors and intention to use a diet application. 

Design/methodology/approach 

In a survey with 572 respondents, data analysis was conducted using partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling.

Findings 

The findings reveal that perceived risk exerts a significant negative influence on behavioral intention. Conversely, perceived benefit, trust and self-efficacy exhibit a positive impact on behavioral intention. Moreover, the study delves into the moderating role of users’ experience, which is found to significantly influence these relationships, suggesting that user experience plays a pivotal role in shaping the adoption dynamics of diet applications. 

Research limitations/implications 

The limitations of this study may include the sample size and the specific focus on the emerging market of Saudi Arabia. The implications of the findings are relevant for scholars, developers, marketers, and policymakers seeking to promote the use of smartphone diet applications.

Originality/value

This study adds value by exploring the determinants of behavioral intention in the context of smartphone diet applications, and it is a first attempt to test the moderating role of users’ experiences, providing valuable insights for various stakeholders in the field. 

Keywords 

Diet applications, Perceived risk, Perceived benefit, Trust, Self-efficiency, Users’ experience 

Source

Mohammed, A. A., & Rozsa, Z. (2024). Consumers’ intentions to utilize smartphone diet applications: An integration of the privacy calculus model with self-efficacy, trust and experience. British Food Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-11-2023-0989 

Building a knowledge sharing climate amid shadows of sabotage: a microfoundational perspective into job satisfaction and knowledge sabotage

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Drawing on the microfoundations theory and rational choice sociology, this study aims to investigate knowledge sharing microfoundations through knowledge sabotage behaviours in the workplace. As such, it aims to shed light on the adverse impact of knowledge sabotage on a knowledge-sharing climate.

Design/methodology/approach

As a quantitative deductive study, it is based on information collected from 329 employees of European companies by self-administered online surveys. Data validity and reliability has been assessed through a confirmatory factor analysis, and data analysis was carried out by using a covariance-based structural equation modelling technique.

Findings

The findings from the empirical investigation supported the baseline hypotheses of the multilevel conceptual model, which is the positive relationship between organizational trust and environmental knowledge sharing. Then, recurring to a microfoundational exploration, this study supports the mediating indirect effect of job satisfaction and knowledge sabotage in affecting knowledge sharing as a social outcome.

Research limitations/implications

This study concurs to broaden knowledge-sharing awareness among scholars and practitioners, by focusing on knowledge sabotage as its most pernicious counterproductive behaviour. Furthermore, this research provides valuable guidance for the future development of research based on multilevel investigations.

Originality/value

This study builds on the need to explore the numerous factors that affect knowledge sharing in economic organizations, specifically focusing on knowledge sabotage. Adapting Coleman’s bathtub, the authors advance the first multilevel conceptual model used to unveil the knowledge sharing microfoundations from the perspective of a counterproductive knowledge behaviour.

Keywords

knowledge sharing, knowledge sabotage, knowledge management, job satisfaction, trust, microfoundation, rational choice theory, knowledge-based view

Source

Perotti, F. A., Rozsa, Z., Kuděj, M., & Ferraris, A. (2024). Building a Knowledge Sharing Climate Amid Shadows of Sabotage: A Microfoundational Perspective into Job Satisfaction and Knowledge Sabotage. Journal of Knowledge Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-03-2023-0262