Thesis (M.Com. (Business Management)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / The aim of the study was to determine the relationships between determinants of mobile
commerce adoption and the actual adoption of mobile commerce by Small and Medium
Enterprises in Polokwane Municipality. The study utilised the quantitative research
approach with 146 SME owner respondents from population of 261 owners using a
random sampling technique. The questionnaire was developed from the empirical
literature review. The determinants of m-commerce were represented by technological,
organisational and environmental contextual factors. M-commerce was measured using
11 questions against all other contextual factor variables . Data was cleaned to enhance
its fitness for further analysis. To attain this, normality, mean and standard deviation,
skewness and kurtosis were performed. The data was found to be fit for the purpose of
the study. Furthermore, the data was tested for validity and reliability and it satisfied the
requirements.
Descriptive statistics, ANOVA and regression analysis were used to analyse the data.
ANOVA was used to test for sub-hypotheses and to make a decision on whether to
accept or reject the stated hypotheses based on the significance level. Regression
analysis was used to test main hypotheses. ANOVA results showed that all
technological factors (perceived benefits, perceived costs, perceived compatibility),
organisational factors (technology readiness), environ
mental factors (customer pressure, supplier pressure, competitor pressure) and
technology acceptance model factors (perceived usefulness) significantly predicted m commerce adoption. On the other hand, factors such as gender, age, level of education
and perceived ease of use were not significant predictors of m-commerce adoption.
Based on the above results, SMEs should improve on their handling of determinants of
m-commerce as they effectively influence the adoption of m-commerce. The
government also needs to boost the SME sector by introducing several measures which
can expose small businesses to enabling business environment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/3791 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Matlakala, More Moses |
| Contributors | Pelser, G. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | [173] leaves |
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