COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia

Physical distancing policy that is encouraged by the World Health Organization (WHO) has inspired consumers to do contactless activities, including payment transaction. Government authorities in a growing number of countries are taking actions to encourage contactless payments as the COVID-19 pandem...

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Autores principales: Hendy Mustiko Aji, Izra Berakon, Maizaitulaidawati Md Husin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:42c24325665049a883388ebb0873d66d2021-12-02T15:59:53ZCOVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia2331-197510.1080/23311975.2020.1804181https://doaj.org/article/42c24325665049a883388ebb0873d66d2020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2020.1804181https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Physical distancing policy that is encouraged by the World Health Organization (WHO) has inspired consumers to do contactless activities, including payment transaction. Government authorities in a growing number of countries are taking actions to encourage contactless payments as the COVID-19 pandemic escalates. People are worried that novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov2) can be transmitted through physical money. It drives them to shift to e-wallet. Due to a lack of study on this topic, the present study contributes to the literature by examining the effect of perceived risk, government support, and perceived usefulness on customers’ intention to use e-wallet during COVID-19 outbreak. To give more fruitful insight, another major contribution of this study is investigating the group difference between Indonesia and Malaysia in the overall model. Questionnaires are distributed to the respondents by using a proportional sampling technique. As a result, 259 total respondents from Indonesia and 207 from Malaysia are collected. Both countries are selected because Indonesia and Malaysia can be considered as the two-worst countries in ASEAN affected by COVID-19. The model is tested using PLS-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The results show that the effects of government support on the intention to use e-wallets differ between countries. Besides, perceived usefulness fully mediated government support-intention to use e-wallets relationship, and partially mediated the effect of perceived risk on intention to use e-wallets.Hendy Mustiko AjiIzra BerakonMaizaitulaidawati Md HusinTaylor & Francis Grouparticleperceived riske-walletcovid-19government supportperceived usefulnessmultigroup analysisBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic perceived risk
e-wallet
covid-19
government support
perceived usefulness
multigroup analysis
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle perceived risk
e-wallet
covid-19
government support
perceived usefulness
multigroup analysis
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Hendy Mustiko Aji
Izra Berakon
Maizaitulaidawati Md Husin
COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia
description Physical distancing policy that is encouraged by the World Health Organization (WHO) has inspired consumers to do contactless activities, including payment transaction. Government authorities in a growing number of countries are taking actions to encourage contactless payments as the COVID-19 pandemic escalates. People are worried that novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov2) can be transmitted through physical money. It drives them to shift to e-wallet. Due to a lack of study on this topic, the present study contributes to the literature by examining the effect of perceived risk, government support, and perceived usefulness on customers’ intention to use e-wallet during COVID-19 outbreak. To give more fruitful insight, another major contribution of this study is investigating the group difference between Indonesia and Malaysia in the overall model. Questionnaires are distributed to the respondents by using a proportional sampling technique. As a result, 259 total respondents from Indonesia and 207 from Malaysia are collected. Both countries are selected because Indonesia and Malaysia can be considered as the two-worst countries in ASEAN affected by COVID-19. The model is tested using PLS-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The results show that the effects of government support on the intention to use e-wallets differ between countries. Besides, perceived usefulness fully mediated government support-intention to use e-wallets relationship, and partially mediated the effect of perceived risk on intention to use e-wallets.
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author Hendy Mustiko Aji
Izra Berakon
Maizaitulaidawati Md Husin
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Izra Berakon
Maizaitulaidawati Md Husin
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title COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia
title_short COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia
title_full COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia
title_fullStr COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 and e-wallet usage intention: A multigroup analysis between Indonesia and Malaysia
title_sort covid-19 and e-wallet usage intention: a multigroup analysis between indonesia and malaysia
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2020
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