...Snehasish Banerjee; Alton Y.K. Chua Purpose This study investigates how autonomous vehicle (AV)-related electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) of different polarities affects attitude and perceived risk from the perspectives of both passengers and pedestrians and whether any gender differences exist...

... over time, indicating the dynamic nature of user needs and risk perceptions. Research limitations/implications The novelty of this study lies in its dual application of the uses and gratifications theory and perceived risk theory to the metaverse. It provides a novel perspective on user motivations...

...Mengfan Zhai; Yuan Chen; Mingxia Wei Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of trust and perceived risk on investment willingness considering the bidirectional relationship between trust and perceived risk in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. Design/methodology/approach...

...Chunmei Gan; Weijun Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of perceived benefits, i.e. utilitarian value, hedonic value and social value, as well as perceived risk, on purchase intention in social commerce context. Design/methodology/approach To cast light...

... Licensed re-use rights only Social commerce Trust Habit Perceived risk Reviewing the social commerce literature further emphasizes the importance of considering social factors to reflect users’ interactions on such sites. Nevertheless, prior studies have not sufficiently emphasized...

... effects have a significant impact on OPI of agricultural products. Both perceived value (PV) and perceived risk (PR) play a mediating role in the relations between reference effects and OPI, but the mediating effect of the PV is found to be significantly greater than that of the PR. Consumers’ FSC...

...Rakhi Thakur; Mala Srivastava Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to accomplish two objectives – to test the functional relationship between adoption readiness (AR), perceived risk (PR) and usage intention for mobile payments in India and to investigate the stability of proposed structural...

... are critical determinants of perceived risk and attitude. In addition, the majority of the antecedents are found to be associated with their respective types of trust. Research limitations/implications – The research extends the theory of reasoned action and prior research to discuss four types...

... Perceived quality Perceived risk Monetary price Uncertainty avoidance Consumer behaviour Cross cultural studies Internet shopping Customer satisfaction The use of the Internet has enhanced the way consumers relate to one another, how they search for information and how they purchase...