Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation
Abstract The rapid advancement of cashless technologies has transformed financial transactions worldwide. In Bangladesh, entrepreneurs affiliated with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly adopting these innovations to enhance business efficiency and sustainability. This study delves...
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| description | Abstract The rapid advancement of cashless technologies has transformed financial transactions worldwide. In Bangladesh, entrepreneurs affiliated with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly adopting these innovations to enhance business efficiency and sustainability. This study delves into the factors influencing the continued use of cashless technologies among SME entrepreneurs by developing an integrated and extended model. It combines the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) with the Information Systems (IS) Continuance Model, incorporating attitude toward sustainability as a mediator and gender and education as moderating variables. Following an empirical investigation of 219 SME entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, this study employs a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The findings indicate that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, and hedonic motivation directly impact entrepreneurs' satisfaction, which, in turn, influences their intention to continue using cashless technologies. Additionally, attitude toward sustainability partially mediates the relationship between satisfaction and continuance intention. Furthermore, gender negatively moderates the relationship between social influence and satisfaction, whereas education also inversely moderates the link between effort expectancy and satisfaction. By integrating UTAUT2 with the IS Continuance Model and incorporating sustainability and demographic moderators, this research provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for examining both cashless technology usage's pre-adoption and post-adoption phases in entrepreneurial contexts. The findings suggest that policymakers and fintech developers refine their strategies, ensuring sustained user engagement and long-term adoption. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b63367e604b74ce1835eca6be6893a772025-08-20T03:22:57ZengSpringerOpenJournal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship2192-53722025-06-0114113210.1186/s13731-025-00522-8Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderationNahida Sultana0S. M. Shafiul Alam1Rifat Parveen Bokhari2Department of Management Information Systems (MIS), Faculty of Business Studies, University of DhakaSchool of Business, Ahsanullah University of Science and TechnologySchool of Business, Ahsanullah University of Science and TechnologyAbstract The rapid advancement of cashless technologies has transformed financial transactions worldwide. In Bangladesh, entrepreneurs affiliated with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly adopting these innovations to enhance business efficiency and sustainability. This study delves into the factors influencing the continued use of cashless technologies among SME entrepreneurs by developing an integrated and extended model. It combines the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) with the Information Systems (IS) Continuance Model, incorporating attitude toward sustainability as a mediator and gender and education as moderating variables. Following an empirical investigation of 219 SME entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, this study employs a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The findings indicate that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, and hedonic motivation directly impact entrepreneurs' satisfaction, which, in turn, influences their intention to continue using cashless technologies. Additionally, attitude toward sustainability partially mediates the relationship between satisfaction and continuance intention. Furthermore, gender negatively moderates the relationship between social influence and satisfaction, whereas education also inversely moderates the link between effort expectancy and satisfaction. By integrating UTAUT2 with the IS Continuance Model and incorporating sustainability and demographic moderators, this research provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for examining both cashless technology usage's pre-adoption and post-adoption phases in entrepreneurial contexts. The findings suggest that policymakers and fintech developers refine their strategies, ensuring sustained user engagement and long-term adoption.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-025-00522-8SustainabilityEntrepreneursUTAUT2IS continuance modelDigital/cashless technology |
| spellingShingle | Nahida Sultana S. M. Shafiul Alam Rifat Parveen Bokhari Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Sustainability Entrepreneurs UTAUT2 IS continuance model Digital/cashless technology |
| title | Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation |
| title_full | Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation |
| title_fullStr | Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation |
| title_short | Exploring cashless technology continuance among SME entrepreneurs: an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation |
| title_sort | exploring cashless technology continuance among sme entrepreneurs an integrated approach with sustainability mediation and demographic moderation |
| topic | Sustainability Entrepreneurs UTAUT2 IS continuance model Digital/cashless technology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-025-00522-8 |
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