Using competing models to evaluate the role of environmental pressures in ecommerce adoption by small and medium sized travel agents in a developing country
dc.contributor.author | Abou-Shouk, Mohamed | |
dc.contributor.author | Lim, WM | |
dc.contributor.author | Megicks, Philip | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-11T03:07:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-11T03:07:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0261-5177 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1879-3193 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/16154 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This study investigates the factors that influence e-commerce adoption in SME travel agents in a developing country. The research is based upon a questionnaire survey of travel agents in Egypt and employs advanced statistical techniques to test a conceptual framework that extends the technology acceptance model. Using competing models the study examines the relationship between e-commerce adoption, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and environmental pressures. The results indicate that environmental pressures significantly affect the perceived benefits and barriers of e-commerce adoption, in addition to having an indirect effect on adoption behaviour. Insights are provided into the nature of relationships between the key factors that determine e-commerce adoption and the extent to which they can be used to develop effective strategies for SME travel agent re-intermediation in the global travel market. Implications are identified for practice and government policy in relation to the use of e-commerce in SME travel businesses in developing countries. | |
dc.format.extent | 327-339 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.subject | Travel agents | |
dc.subject | SMEs | |
dc.subject | E-Commerce adoption | |
dc.subject | Technology acceptance model (TAM) | |
dc.subject | Environmental pressures | |
dc.subject | Developing countries | |
dc.subject | Structural competing models | |
dc.title | Using competing models to evaluate the role of environmental pressures in ecommerce adoption by small and medium sized travel agents in a developing country | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.volume | 52 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Tourism Management | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.07.007 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business/Plymouth Business School | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA17 Business and Management Studies | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1879-3193 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.07.007 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |