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Received: 2022-03-30  |  Accepted: 2022-05-23  |  Published: 2022-06-30

Title

Task-technology fit perspective of the use of m-commerce by retail businesses


Abstract

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) has gradually increased in popularity among small and medium-sized retail businesses in developing countries in recent years. As a result, scholars and retail practitioners have been eager to understand better the factors that influence this new mobile channel usage. The article examines the primary determinants of retail personnel's use of m-commerce in Angola through the theoretical lens of Task-Technology Fit (TTF). This study followed a cross-sectional design and adopted the positivist research paradigm. As such, a structured questionnaire was used to collect data from retail business personnel and actual users of m-commerce (n = 229). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis was performed on the data collected using the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) software. The findings indicated a strong correlation between the four dimensions of task characteristics (i.e., time criticality, mobility, non-routineness, and interdependence) and the task-technology fit dimensions. Additionally, it was determined that there is a strong correlation between the functionalities of m-commerce systems (i.e., Mobile Notification, Mobile Information Exchange, Mobile Information Search, and Mobile Data Processing) and the TTF dimensions. In comparison, the study discovered a minimal correlation between task-technology fit as correspondence and m-commerce use. As a result, some directions for future research were provided.


Keywords

mobile commerce (m-commerce), retailer, retailing, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), mobile commerce application, Task-Technology Fit (TTF), Angola, Luanda


JEL classifications

M40 , M10 , M14 , M42


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/974


DOI


Pages

320-335


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Justino, Mateus Vicente
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa http://www.cput.ac.za
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Tengeh, Robertson K.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa http://www.cput.ac.za
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Twum-Darko, Michael
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa http://www.cput.ac.za
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

9


Number

4


Issue date

June 2022


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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