FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEES'INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE IN THE PORT SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY USING UTAUT2 THEORETICAL

FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEES'INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE IN THE PORT SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY USING UTAUT2 THEORETICAL

DAVID KING BOISON, AHMED2AUGUSTINE ANTWI-BOAMPONG, DOUMBIA BLAY, MUSAH OSUMANU4 ASIEDU ESTHER, KWAME OWIREDU SARBENG

The study aimed to assess the factors that influenced port users' willingness to participate in BYOD programs in Ghana's Maritime and Port sector. The extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) was used as the theoretical framework for the quasi-quantitative study. The study examined whether eight factors were predictors of the intention of Ghanaian employees to participate in a BYOD program, moderated by social influence. The study used principal component analysis (PCA) in SPSS and structural equation modeling in Stata to analyze and report the data. The results showed that only three factors, namely Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Facilitating Conditions (FC), and HT, significantly influenced employees' behavioral intention (BI) to participate in a BYOD program, while Social Influence (SI), Hedonic Motivation (HM), and Price Value (PV) had no effect on Behavioral Intention (BI). Age did not moderate the influence of any factor on BI. The study provides insights into the port supply chain network's usage of BYOD and will aid academics in explaining the discrepancies between the UTAUT2 theoretical framework's predictions for different industries and specialties. The study's findings will also be useful for researchers who aim to implement the UTAUT2 theoretical framework to understand employees' BI to join the BYOD program in any industry. From a practical perspective, the study will assist managers in the port business in Ghana and the sub-region in focusing on the important structures that constitute the initial steps to introducing BYOD in the port supply chain industry.

2023

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