Users response toward online doctor consultation platforms: SOR approach

Goyal, Sandeep, Chauhan, Sumedha and Gupta, Parul (2021) Users response toward online doctor consultation platforms: SOR approach. Management Decision, 60 (7). pp. 1990-2018. ISSN 00251747

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the external and internal stimuli, which affect the organismic experiences of the users and thereby influence their response in terms of behavioral intention toward the use of online doctor consultation platforms. The study operationalized the stimulus–organism–response framework for the research model and surveyed 357 users in India who had experienced online doctor consultation platforms. The analysis has been done using the structural equation modeling approach. The authors’ main results indicate the following key points. One, perceived usefulness, social influence, health anxiety, offline consultation habit and perceived technology usage risk are significant predictors of perceived value. In contrast, perceived ubiquity is identified to be an insignificant predictor of perceived value. Second, social influence and perceived technology usage risk have significant influence on trust. However, perceived usefulness is not a significant predictor of trust. This study contributes to the theory by integrating technology oriented factors with behavioral attributes for determining the behavioral intention of users toward the online doctor consultation platforms. The managerial contributions of this study involve highlighting those technology oriented and behavioral elements, which can be targeted to attract more users toward these platforms. This is an original study that has looked beyond the role of technology-oriented factors in influencing the perceived value and trust elements while investigating the behavioral intention among the users toward the online doctor consultation platforms.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: E-health | Stimulus–Organism–Response | Online Doctor Consultation | Offline Consultation Habit | Health Anxiety
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > General Management
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Business School
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2022 07:18
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2023 11:05
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2021-0268
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/1040

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