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ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2023

The Antecedents of the Technology Acceptance Model in Microentrepreneurs' Intention to Use Social Networking Sites.

Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Francesco Tommasi, Andrea Ceschi, Riccardo Sartori, Stefano Ruggieri

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Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Rubinia Celeste BonfantiFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3119-7013
Francesco TommasiDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6096-8062
Andrea CeschiDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9059-9237
Riccardo SartoriDepartment of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4212-9844
Stefano RuggieriFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6966-8450

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Abstract

Social media platforms offer significant growth opportunities for enterprises, particularly microenterprises, due to the chance to establish direct contact with customers. Drawing on the Technology-Acceptance Model (TAM), in the present study, we investigate the psychological reasons that lead microentrepreneurs to use Social Networking Sites (SNSs) for their business. In doing so, we also extend TAM by taking into account entrepreneurs' personalities (e.g., extraversion and openness to experience) and their perceived risk. We collected data by examining 247 microentrepreneurs engaged in the production of handmade objects. Our results confirm that of all the TAM behavioral antecedents tested, perceived usefulness and attitude toward SNSs' usage for business proved to be the best predictors of the intention to use SNSs for business activity. The results also indicate that extraversion, openness to experience, and perceived risk, as external factors, significantly affect the TAM constructs. We discuss implications and suggestions for future research.

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attitudeentrepreneurshipperceived riskperceived usefulnesspersonalitysocial networking sitestechnology-acceptance model

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PMCPMC10378224

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