Trust has long been regarded as a catalyst for buyer-seller transactions that can provide consumers with high expectations of satisfying exchange relationships.
Many researchers maintain that trust is essential for understanding interpersonal behavio...
Trust has long been regarded as a catalyst for buyer-seller transactions that can provide consumers with high expectations of satisfying exchange relationships.
Many researchers maintain that trust is essential for understanding interpersonal behavior and economic exchanges. The importance of trust is elevated in e-commerce because of the high degree of uncertainty and risk present in most on-line transactions.
Thus, the role of trust is of fundamental importance for adequately capturing consumer behavior in e-commerce. Perceived risk is also an important element of B2C e-commerce that is likely to affect consumer behavior.
Since trust and perceived risk are essential constructs when uncertainty is present, these beliefs are integrated in the proposed e-commerce acceptance model.
Intentions to use the Internet for on-line transactions should consider the major TAM constructs, which theorize that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use determine actual system use.
The research presented in this paper aims to predict consumer acceptance of e-commerce by integrating TAM with the constructs of trust and risk, both of which are essential when uncertainty is present in the technology-driven environment of e-commerce.
Specifically, I examine the impact of the following factors on the consumer`s use of intention: perceived ease of use(PEU), perceived usefulness(PU), perceived risk with products/services(PRP), and perceived risk in the context of online transaction(PRT).
In short, this research aims to provide a basic model that predicts consumers'
acceptance of e-commerce(Internet Shopping Mall) by explaining their intentions when using Internet technology for transactions.
The main research issues are:
-Predicting the drivers of consumer intentions to accept e-commerce.
-Deciding whether and how to integrate TAM with the trust and risk.