Explaining the Factors Influencing the Individuals’ Continuance Intention to Seek Information on Weibo during Rainstorm Disasters
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Development of Hypotheses
2.1. Expectation–Confirmation Model (ECM)
2.2. Development of Hypotheses
2.2.1. Performance Expectancy
2.2.2. Effort Expectancy
2.2.3. Social Influence
2.2.4. Facilitating Conditions
2.2.5. Satisfaction
2.2.6. Confirmation
3. Research Methodology
3.1. Questionnaire Development
3.2. Data Collection and Sample
4. Results
4.1. Measurement Model
4.2. Structural Model
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Scale of the Study
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Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 153 | 40.6 |
Female | 224 | 59.4 | |
Age | Under 18 | 0 | 0 |
18–25 | 185 | 49.1 | |
26–30 | 94 | 24.9 | |
31–40 | 68 | 18.0 | |
41–50 | 25 | 6.6 | |
51–60 | 4 | 1.1 | |
Over 60 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Education level | Below high school | 10 | 2.7 |
College | 35 | 9.3 | |
Bachelor | 179 | 47.5 | |
Master | 140 | 37.1 | |
Doctor | 13 | 3.4 |
Construct | Items | Outer Loading | Cronbach’s α | Composite Reliability | AVE (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Performance Expectancy (PE) | PE1 | 0.845 | 0.788 | 0.876 | 0.702 |
PE2 | 0.816 | ||||
PE3 | 0.851 | ||||
Effort Expectancy (EE) | EE1 | 0.791 | 0.780 | 0.858 | 0.602 |
EE2 | 0.765 | ||||
EE3 | 0.798 | ||||
EE4 | 0.749 | ||||
Social Influence (SI) | SI1 | 0.886 | 0.833 | 0.900 | 0.822 |
SI2 | 0.826 | ||||
SI3 | 0.884 | ||||
Facilitating Conditions (FC) | FC1 | 0.844 | 0.803 | 0.883 | 0.715 |
FC2 | 0.839 | ||||
FC3 | 0.854 | ||||
Confirmation (CON) | CON1 | 0.845 | 0.805 | 0.885 | 0.720 |
CON2 | 0.826 | ||||
CON3 | 0.874 | ||||
Satisfaction (SAT) | SAT1 | 0.905 | 0.783 | 0.902 | 0.822 |
SAT2 | 0.908 | ||||
Continuance Intention (CI) | CI1 | 0.844 | 0.816 | 0.891 | 0.731 |
CI2 | 0.854 | ||||
CI3 | 0.868 |
Constructs | PE | EE | SI | FC | CON | SAT | CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PE | 0.838 | ||||||
EE | 0.704 | 0.776 | |||||
SI | 0.537 | 0.486 | 0.866 | ||||
FC | 0.602 | 0.648 | 0.392 | 0.846 | |||
CON | 0.623 | 0.664 | 0.611 | 0.628 | 0.849 | ||
SAT | 0.640 | 0.606 | 0.535 | 0.563 | 0.710 | 0.906 | |
CI | 0.646 | 0.648 | 0.604 | 0.592 | 0.737 | 0.747 | 0.855 |
Relationship | Beta | Standard Deviation | t-Values | p-Values |
---|---|---|---|---|
H1: PE → CI | 0.081 | 0.062 | 1.298 ns | 0.194 |
H2: EE → CI | 0.153 | 0.062 | 2.481 ** | 0.013 |
H3: SI → CI | 0.213 | 0.042 | 5.083 *** | 0.000 |
H4: FC → CI | 0.124 | 0.058 | 2.159 ** | 0.031 |
H5: SAT → CI | 0.418 | 0.063 | 6.695 *** | 0.000 |
H6: PE → SAT | 0.278 | 0.068 | 4.121 *** | 0.000 |
H7: EE → SAT | 0.096 | 0.069 | 1.397 ns | 0.162 |
H8: CON → SAT | 0.472 | 0.062 | 7.636 *** | 0.000 |
H9: CON → PE | 0.623 | 0.042 | 14.913 *** | 0.000 |
Paths | Beta | Standard Deviation | t Values | p Values |
---|---|---|---|---|
CON → PE → CI | 0.051 | 0.040 | 1.284 ns | 0.199 |
EE → SAT → CI | 0.042 | 0.027 | 1.592 ns | 0.112 |
PE → SAT → CI | 0.113 | 0.030 | 3.779 *** | 0.000 |
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Cheng, S.; Liu, L.; Li, K. Explaining the Factors Influencing the Individuals’ Continuance Intention to Seek Information on Weibo during Rainstorm Disasters. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6072. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176072
Cheng S, Liu L, Li K. Explaining the Factors Influencing the Individuals’ Continuance Intention to Seek Information on Weibo during Rainstorm Disasters. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6072. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176072
Chicago/Turabian StyleCheng, Sheng, Liqun Liu, and Ke Li. 2020. "Explaining the Factors Influencing the Individuals’ Continuance Intention to Seek Information on Weibo during Rainstorm Disasters" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6072. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176072