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Purpose This study explores the acceptance of protection technology, namely, exposure detection apps, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike other situations, the context of the pandemic is characterized by large levels of threat and fear which largely affect the human decision-making process. To identify such characteristics, this study investigates the acceptance of exposure detection apps from the perspective of protection motivation theory (PMT). It examines how the perceived risk of Covid-19, perceived fear of Covid-19, self-efficacy, response efficacy and protection motivation interact to predict the acceptance of exposure detection apps. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 306 Jordanian participants, and structural equation modelling was used for data analysis. Findings The results reveal that acceptance of these apps is triggered by the perceived risk of Covid-19, which increases the experienced level of fear. The latter then initiates a compelling desire or motivation to protect oneself by using the recommended adaptive response (exposure detection app). The results show that an increased level of self-efficacy and perceived efficacy of exposure detection apps also contribute to the development of protection motivation and later the intent to use exposure detection apps. Originality/value This study contributes to the technology acceptance domain by developing a context-driven model of the key characteristics of pandemics that lead to different patterns of technology acceptance. The key components in designing effective marketing campaigns to prompt the use of exposures detection apps are discussed.
Abdallah Alsaad; Manaf Al-Okaily. Acceptance of protection technology in a time of fear: the case of Covid-19 exposure detection apps. Information Technology & People 2021, ahead-of-p, 1 .
AMA StyleAbdallah Alsaad, Manaf Al-Okaily. Acceptance of protection technology in a time of fear: the case of Covid-19 exposure detection apps. Information Technology & People. 2021; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdallah Alsaad; Manaf Al-Okaily. 2021. "Acceptance of protection technology in a time of fear: the case of Covid-19 exposure detection apps." Information Technology & People ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.
Digital Financial Inclusion (DFI) refers to efforts to make digital financial services available and affordable to all individuals and institutions, regardless of their net expense or institution size and demographic location. Despite the immense benefits of DFI and DFI-based products and services such as mobile money and payment systems, users’ acceptance is thin, limited, and disappointing in some developing countries as Jordan. Consequently, this study has investigated the factors influencing the acceptance of the mobile payment system in the Jordanian context. This study’s research model synthesizes the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) variables and extended the model with perceived financial cost as an independent variable. The research model has been empirically confirmed by fitting the model to data collected from 304 Jordanian citizens using a survey instrument. The data were analysed using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The result has confirmed that behavioural intention to use the m-payment system is significantly and positively influenced by perceived usefulness and perceived financial cost; behavioural intention to use m-payment system was not found to be significantly and positively influenced by perceived ease of use and hence the related hypothesis was not supported. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are further discussed in the last section of this paper.
Abdalwali Lutfi; Manaf Al-Okaily; Malek Alshirah; Ahmad Alshira’H; Thaer Abutaber; Manal Almarashdah. Digital Financial Inclusion Sustainability in Jordanian Context. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6312 .
AMA StyleAbdalwali Lutfi, Manaf Al-Okaily, Malek Alshirah, Ahmad Alshira’H, Thaer Abutaber, Manal Almarashdah. Digital Financial Inclusion Sustainability in Jordanian Context. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6312.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdalwali Lutfi; Manaf Al-Okaily; Malek Alshirah; Ahmad Alshira’H; Thaer Abutaber; Manal Almarashdah. 2021. "Digital Financial Inclusion Sustainability in Jordanian Context." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6312.
Social entrepreneurship plays a role in sustainable development to value creation, delivering and capturing, in this article, researchers attempted to find the nature of the relationships between the sustainable development and its latent variables, and how can these variables effect on sustainable development. Two models were used to estimate the relationships mentioned before, structural equation model and bidirectional causality model, in the case of 15 the regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP) countries that are home to nearly a third of the world's population, and account for 29% of GDP. The study found some interesting results which consistence with the results of previous studies in this field, like that there has a positive relationship between the social entrepreneurship and sustainable development, and positive relationship between the innovations and sustainable development and in the regard of the institutions variable, the study also found that there is an indirect effect on innovation.
Anas Ali Al-Qudah; Manaf Al-Okaily; Hamza Alqudah. The relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development from economic growth perspective: 15 ‘RCEP’ countries. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment 2021, 1 -18.
AMA StyleAnas Ali Al-Qudah, Manaf Al-Okaily, Hamza Alqudah. The relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development from economic growth perspective: 15 ‘RCEP’ countries. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. 2021; ():1-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnas Ali Al-Qudah; Manaf Al-Okaily; Hamza Alqudah. 2021. "The relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development from economic growth perspective: 15 ‘RCEP’ countries." Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment , no. : 1-18.
This paper investigated the impact of corporate governance on enhancing the financial performance of industrial companies. The sample of the research consisted of 55 industrial companies listed at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during the period 2014-2018. Data were collected from the firms' annual financial statements using content analysis approach. The results confirmed that the audit committee and ownership structure had positive and significant effects on two dimensions of financial performance. In view of research findings, the study recommends companies to raise some awareness about the importance of corporate governance, in addition to strengthening supervisory procedures by legislators.
Thaer Ahmad Abutaber; Ahmad Eqab Al Bzur; Mohammad Husam Odeh; Mustafa Alathamneh; Manaf Al-Okaily; Mohammad Kamal Afaneh. The effect of corporate governance indicators on enhancing the financial performance of industrial listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange. Accounting 2021, 415 -422.
AMA StyleThaer Ahmad Abutaber, Ahmad Eqab Al Bzur, Mohammad Husam Odeh, Mustafa Alathamneh, Manaf Al-Okaily, Mohammad Kamal Afaneh. The effect of corporate governance indicators on enhancing the financial performance of industrial listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange. Accounting. 2021; ():415-422.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThaer Ahmad Abutaber; Ahmad Eqab Al Bzur; Mohammad Husam Odeh; Mustafa Alathamneh; Manaf Al-Okaily; Mohammad Kamal Afaneh. 2021. "The effect of corporate governance indicators on enhancing the financial performance of industrial listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange." Accounting , no. : 415-422.
In this research, we look at the antecedents of accounting information system (AIS) usage and their impact on the effectiveness of AIS. Therefore, drawing upon the resource-based view (RBV) and the technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework, we propose an integrated model to investigate the precursors and impacts of AIS utilization among Jordanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The model so proposed incorporates the usage of AIS and its performance aspects into one framework. The current research utilized a self-administered questionnaire survey to collect data. Using data drawn from 186 respondents, the research model was verified empirically in the context of Jordanian SMEs. The findings revealed that compatibility, competitive pressure, organizational readiness, the commitment of the owners/managers and government supports have exerted a significant influence on the usage of AIS. In addition, the results demonstrated that AIS usage significantly influenced the effectiveness of AIS. In addition, firm size moderated the effect of AIS usage on AIS effectiveness. The findings of the current study afford insights as to how firms might garner improved usage of an AIS to gain better firm performance and provide contributions to the small but developing stream of research examining both antecedents and impacts of IS/IT usage.
Abdalwali Lutfi; Manaf Al-Okaily; Adi Alsyouf; Abdallah Alsaad; Abdallah Taamneh. The Impact of AIS Usage on AIS Effectiveness Among Jordanian SMEs: A Multi-group Analysis of the Role of Firm Size. Global Business Review 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleAbdalwali Lutfi, Manaf Al-Okaily, Adi Alsyouf, Abdallah Alsaad, Abdallah Taamneh. The Impact of AIS Usage on AIS Effectiveness Among Jordanian SMEs: A Multi-group Analysis of the Role of Firm Size. Global Business Review. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdalwali Lutfi; Manaf Al-Okaily; Adi Alsyouf; Abdallah Alsaad; Abdallah Taamneh. 2020. "The Impact of AIS Usage on AIS Effectiveness Among Jordanian SMEs: A Multi-group Analysis of the Role of Firm Size." Global Business Review , no. : 1.
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to better understand the issues on tax compliance. This study aims to examine the influence of patriotism and public governance on the sales tax compliance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to examine the interaction between patriotism and public governance on sales tax compliance.Design/methodology/approachThis study was carried out by soliciting the opinions of owner-managers of SMEs in Jordan through a survey that was distributed by self-administered. This paper uses partial least squares structural equation modelling to investigate the influence of patriotism, public governance and the interaction of these two mechanisms on sales tax compliance for a sample of 385 SMEs.FindingsThis paper finds that patriotism and the public governance increase and improve the level of sales tax compliance. The findings also supported the interaction effect of patriotism on the relationship between public governance with sales tax compliance. Thus, all the hypothesised relationships were supported.Practical implicationsTax authorities and policymakers in developing majority societies in developing countries and in other Arab countries, especially in Jordan, may use the results to focus their interest on the formulation of policies founded on the outcomes of the study to strengthen the compliance of eligible SMEs to further boost their sales collections.Originality/valueVery few studies have examined the determinants of sales tax compliance, and there has been an absence of work that examines the influence of the patriotism and public governance on sales tax compliance. This paper, therefore, fills a gap in the literature by providing the first empirical evidence about the influence of patriotism and public governance on sales tax compliance of SMEs in developing countries. This study is the initial paper to examine the interaction between patriotism and public governance on sales tax compliance among SMEs in developing countries
Ahmad Farhan Alshira'H; Hasan Mahmoud Al-Shatnawi; Manaf Al-Okaily; Abdalwali Lutfi; Malek Hamed Alshirah. Do public governance and patriotism matter? Sales tax compliance among small and medium enterprises in developing countries: Jordanian evidence. EuroMed Journal of Business 2020, ahead-of-p, 1 .
AMA StyleAhmad Farhan Alshira'H, Hasan Mahmoud Al-Shatnawi, Manaf Al-Okaily, Abdalwali Lutfi, Malek Hamed Alshirah. Do public governance and patriotism matter? Sales tax compliance among small and medium enterprises in developing countries: Jordanian evidence. EuroMed Journal of Business. 2020; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAhmad Farhan Alshira'H; Hasan Mahmoud Al-Shatnawi; Manaf Al-Okaily; Abdalwali Lutfi; Malek Hamed Alshirah. 2020. "Do public governance and patriotism matter? Sales tax compliance among small and medium enterprises in developing countries: Jordanian evidence." EuroMed Journal of Business ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.
The digital payment method has become a pervasive payment phenomenon in the world, as in the case of Jordan Mobile Payment (JoMoPay) system which can be used to save time, effort, and cost. Consequently, the evaluation of digital payment systems is vital to ensure successful implementation and positive influences on users. The current paper expands the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) to the study of JoMoPay system in the Jordanian context. The research's proposed model incorporates four new external constructs into UTAUT2 model, namely; awareness, security, privacy and culture. In addition, the relationships between social influence and behavioural intention to use JoMoPay system is moderated by culture. The data were collected by conducting a field survey questionnaire on 270 respondents of Jordanian public sector employees and were analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) Version 3.2.3. The results mainly show that intention to use JoMoPay system is significantly and positively influenced by performance expectancy, social influence, price value, security and privacy, which together explain 0.612 of the variance of behavioural intention. Next, contrary to what is expected, culture does not moderate the relationship between social influence and intention to use JoMoPay system; and hence the related hypothesis was not supported. Lastly, more discussion regarding the theoretical and managerial contributions as well as limitations and future research are presented at the end of this paper, which completes the whole paper.
Manaf Al-Okaily; Abdalwali Lutfi; Abdallah Alsaad; Abdallah Taamneh; Adi Alsyouf. The Determinants of Digital Payment Systems’ Acceptance under Cultural Orientation Differences: The Case of Uncertainty Avoidance. Technology in Society 2020, 63, 101367 .
AMA StyleManaf Al-Okaily, Abdalwali Lutfi, Abdallah Alsaad, Abdallah Taamneh, Adi Alsyouf. The Determinants of Digital Payment Systems’ Acceptance under Cultural Orientation Differences: The Case of Uncertainty Avoidance. Technology in Society. 2020; 63 ():101367.
Chicago/Turabian StyleManaf Al-Okaily; Abdalwali Lutfi; Abdallah Alsaad; Abdallah Taamneh; Adi Alsyouf. 2020. "The Determinants of Digital Payment Systems’ Acceptance under Cultural Orientation Differences: The Case of Uncertainty Avoidance." Technology in Society 63, no. : 101367.
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced an unprecedented change in the educational system worldwide. Besides the economic and social impacts, there is a dilemma of accepting the new educational system "e-learning" by students within educational institutions. In particular, universities students have to handle several kinds of environmental, electronic and mental struggles due to COVID-19. To catch the current circumstances of more than two hundred thousand Jordanian university student during COVID-19. The students have been randomly selected to respond on an online survey using universities' portals and websites between March and April 2020. At the end of the data gathering process, we have received 587 records. The dataset includes 1) Demographics of students; 2) students’ perspectives concerning the factors influencing their intention to use e-learning system within the Jordanian universities context. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Next, the result has confirmed the positive of direct effect variables (subjective norm, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness) on the students’ intention to use e-learning system. Next, the result has also confirmed the mediating effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use between subjective norm and the behavioral intention to use the e-learning system with partially supported.
Manaf Al-Okaily; Hamza Alqudah; Ali Matar; Abdalwali Lutfi; Abdallah Taamneh. Dataset on the Acceptance of e-learning System among Universities Students' under the COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions. Data in Brief 2020, 32, 106176 -106176.
AMA StyleManaf Al-Okaily, Hamza Alqudah, Ali Matar, Abdalwali Lutfi, Abdallah Taamneh. Dataset on the Acceptance of e-learning System among Universities Students' under the COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions. Data in Brief. 2020; 32 ():106176-106176.
Chicago/Turabian StyleManaf Al-Okaily; Hamza Alqudah; Ali Matar; Abdalwali Lutfi; Abdallah Taamneh. 2020. "Dataset on the Acceptance of e-learning System among Universities Students' under the COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions." Data in Brief 32, no. : 106176-106176.
Purpose of the study: This paper aimed at investigating factors influencing students’ intention to use e-learning within the context of Jordan. The proposed model integrated subjective norms with the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Methodology: The data collected 587 students from Jadara University. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Main Findings: The result has confirmed the direct effect of all variables. Next, the result has also shown that the mediation effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use between subjective norm and the behavioral intention to use the E-learning system was partially supported. Applications of this study: The results of the current work may contribute to the improvement of the existing literature in the e-learning acceptance fields, and can be applied as an essential input for the development of the recent e-learning training programs. Novelty/Originality of this study: The present work is intended to conclude a series of concrete research data as well as to contribute a new angle to the existing literature on students’ perception of the e-learning system.
Manaf Al-Okaily; Hamza M Alqudah; Ali Matar; Abdalwali Lutfi; Abdallah Taamneh. IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ACCEPTANCE OF E-LEARNING SYSTEM IN JORDAN: A CASE OF TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 2020, 8, 840 -851.
AMA StyleManaf Al-Okaily, Hamza M Alqudah, Ali Matar, Abdalwali Lutfi, Abdallah Taamneh. IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ACCEPTANCE OF E-LEARNING SYSTEM IN JORDAN: A CASE OF TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews. 2020; 8 (4):840-851.
Chicago/Turabian StyleManaf Al-Okaily; Hamza M Alqudah; Ali Matar; Abdalwali Lutfi; Abdallah Taamneh. 2020. "IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ACCEPTANCE OF E-LEARNING SYSTEM IN JORDAN: A CASE OF TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 8, no. 4: 840-851.
Aws Al-Okaily; Manaf Al-Okaily; Fadi Shiyyab; Walid Masadah. Accounting information system effectiveness from an organizational perspective. Management Science Letters 2020, 3991 -4000.
AMA StyleAws Al-Okaily, Manaf Al-Okaily, Fadi Shiyyab, Walid Masadah. Accounting information system effectiveness from an organizational perspective. Management Science Letters. 2020; ():3991-4000.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAws Al-Okaily; Manaf Al-Okaily; Fadi Shiyyab; Walid Masadah. 2020. "Accounting information system effectiveness from an organizational perspective." Management Science Letters , no. : 3991-4000.