Table I.

Previous research about sharing economy

No.AuthorSample/countryContext of sharing economyVariables
1.Balachandran and Ibrahim (2017) 156 respondents in MalaysiaUber and Grab services based on ride-sharing concept and have a major success in “shared economy.” Technology development enables companies to find consumers, whereas “sharing economy” is based on the preferences for “experiences” over ownershipTangible, reliability, price, promotion and coupon redemption and comfort (independent variables); costumers satisfaction (dependent variable)
2.Mittendorf (2017) 221 respondents in GermanyUber is particularly interesting as the mobile app allows complete strangers to get in contact with each other in the online world and to share a ride on short-term notice in the offline worldFamiliarity, disposition to trust, trust in Uber, trust in drivers, inquiry about drivers and request a ride
3.Lee (2017) 92 respondents in BostonInformation sharing eliminates price fluctuations by pooling information on demand. The complexity of ride-sharing implies that the impact of policy interventions cannot be known in advance in some casesSafety, security and surcharge justification (exogenous variables); reference system and policy changes (moderators); age, gender and education (control variables); and RSS use (endogen variables)
4.Hamari et al. (2016) 168 respondentsThere are discrepancy between factors that affect attitudes and behavioral intentions: perceived sustainability is an important factor in the formation of positive attitudes toward collaborative consumption (CC), but economic benefits are a stronger motivator for intentions to participate in CCSustainability, enjoyment, reputation and economic benefit (exogenous variables); attitude (mediator); and behavioral intention (endogenous variables)
5.Sung et al. (2018) 322 respondents in South KoreaIntegrated model of the two-sided market of the explosive sharing economy enterprise Airbnb from the perspective of both consumers and providersEconomic benefit, sustainability, enjoyment, social relationship and the network effect (exogenous); attitude (moderator); and behavior intention (endogenous variable)
6.Grybaitė and Stankevičienė (2016) 287 respondents in LithuaniaLeading factors of using the sharing economy platforms: an easy way to make extra money; supporting individuals and/or small/independent companies; meeting new people and having an interesting experience/doing something most people have not tried yet. Most of the respondents prefer to own things rather than share them9 factors in sharing economy
7.Zhang, Gu and Jahromi (2018) 985 respondentsSocial and emotional values are assessed as more significant than technical and economic values in terms of customer repurchase intention with regard to services in the sharing economy. The social and emotional values play equal roles in motivating customers to revisit businesses in the sharing economyTechnical value, economic value, social values and emotional value (exogenous variables); and repurchase intention (endogenous variables)
8.Lee et al. (2018) 296 respondents in Hong KongThe perceived risks and perceived benefits are crucial in determining users’ intention to participate in the sharing economyInformation quality and system quality (exogenous variables); trust, perceived risk, perceived benefit (mediators); and intention to participate
9.Elmeguid et al. (2018) 502 respondents in EgyptThe current satisfaction with the ride-sharing service provided in Alexandria City. It would help to develop a regulatory approach to ridesharing and enshrines basic safety and consumer protection requirementsCost saving, awareness/knowledge, service quality, security/reliability and technological factors (exogenous variables); customer satisfaction
10.Liu and Yang (2018) 394 respondents in ChinaTAM is applicable to the sharing economySubjective norm and imitating others (exogenous variables); perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and trust (mediators); behavioural intention and gender (moderator)

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