Increasing labor costs and advances in technology are encourage service firms to consider offering technology-base self-service options to consumers. Boring the past decade, the accelerating growth in technology-based self-service has been giving rise...
Increasing labor costs and advances in technology are encourage service firms to consider offering technology-base self-service options to consumers. Boring the past decade, the accelerating growth in technology-based self-service has been giving rise to questions about the acceptance of such forms of service delivery by all kinds of consumers. Yet, little is known about how consumers would evaluate such options in Korea. This study investigates the factors that have a direct and positive effects toward using the technology-based self-service and the moderating effects of consumer traits within an attitudinal model for technology-based self-service. Relevant factors having a direct and positive effect for technology-based self-service are perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and enjoyment. Relevant consumer traits for technology-based self-service are examined and include novelty seeking, self-monitoring and self-efficacy.
The results of this study can be summed up as follow.
First, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and enjoyment have a positive effect toward dependent variable, attitude toward using technology-base self-service. Second, five of 12 moderating hypotheses for consumer traits were supported, expecially greater novelty seeking attenuated the relationship between enjoyment and attitude. Higher self-monitoring strengthened the relationship between perceived usefulness and attitude, enjoyment and attitude. Higher self-efficacy strengthened the relationship between perceived usefulness and attitude.
Implications for service practitioners as well as directions for future research are discussed.