Factors Influencing the Adoption and Usage of B2B Agricultural Products Trading Applications on Farmers: A Case Study of Kamphaeng Phet Province
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This study aimed to examine factors from the UTAUT2 model influencing smallholder farmers’ intention to use B2B agricultural marketplace applications in Kamphaeng Phet Province. A total of 400 farmers were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected via a structured questionnaire and analyzed using multiple regression to test the influence of seven independent variables: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, price value, and habit on behavioral intention. The results indicated that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and price value significantly influenced farmers’ intention to use the application, while facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, and habit showed no significant effect. These findings highlight the importance of designing user-friendly, beneficial, and cost-effective applications, as well as promoting adoption through social influence, to foster digital technology acceptance among farmers.
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารบริหารธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยรามคำแหง ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารบริหารธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยรามคำแหง ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารบริหารธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยรามคำแหง หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำบทความทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อ หรือเพื่อกระทำการใดๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากวารสารบริหารธุรกิจและสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยรามคำแหง ก่อนเท่านั้น
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