AN INVESTIGATION OF CONSUMERS' BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS TOWARDS FREELANCING PORTAL-BASED GIG ECONOMY SERVICE APPLICATIONS

Year 2024, Issue: 69, 217 - 225, 30.12.2024

Ayşe Ersoy Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.1530894

Abstract

The gig economy is a concept that first emerged in 2009, showing rapid and scalable growth in terms of both revenue and source of revenue. Developments in the gig economy are also reflected in consumer behavior, with an increasing demand for gig economy for temporary and short-term jobs offered by service providers to their customers through service applications. In addition to all the standard factors that lead to consumers' actual behavior, the factors that are important in the preference of gig apps are also an issue that needs to be examined. In this context, this study attempts to examine the factors affecting consumers' behavioral intentions. This study focuses on understanding the growing interest in the gig economy as a fast-growing business model in services, consumer attitudes towards service apps on digital platforms, and consumers' behavioral intentions. The study focuses on the gig economy, consumers' behavioral intentions and consumer trends. In the study with 419 participants, the factors that lead consumers to Gig service platforms are examined with the help of the technology acceptance model and consumer perspectives are examined with the help of the behavioral intention scale. In the study, it was found that hedonic motivation, facilitating conditions, habit and effort expectancy dimensions have a positive increasing effect on the level of behavioral intention. It was found that performance expectancy, social impact and price value levels did not significantly affect the level of behavioral intention. It was found that the most important factor affecting behavioral intention was hedonic motivation, followed by facilitating conditions, habit and effort expectancy dimensions.

Keywords

Gig-based Service Platforms, Service Applications, Technology Acceptance Model, Behavioral Intention, Consumer Behavior.

SERBEST ÇALIŞMA PORTALI TABANLI GİG EKONOMİSİ HİZMET APLİKASYONLARINA YÖNELİK TÜKETİCİLERİN DAVRANIŞSAL NİYETLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Gig ekonomisi, ilk olarak 2009 yılında ortaya çıkan hem gelir hem de gelirin kaynağı açısından hızlı ve ölçeklenebilir bir büyüme gösteren bir kavramdır. Hizmet aplikasyonları üzerinden hizmet sağlayıcıların, müşterilerine sunduğu geçici ve kısa süreli işler için gig ekonomisine olan talebin artışıyla gig hizmet ekonomisindeki gelişmeler tüketici davranışlarına da yansımaktadır. Tüketicilerin fiili davranışlarına yol açan tüm standart faktörler yanında gig aplikasyonlarının tercih edilmesinde önem arz eden faktörler de incelenmesi gereken bir konudur. Bu bağlamda tüketicilerin davranışsal niyetlerine etki eden unsurlar bu çalışma ile incelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu çalışma, hizmetlerde hızla büyüyen bir iş modeli olarak gig ekonomisine olan artan ilginin, dijital platformlarda hizmet aplikasyonlarına yönelik tüketici tutumlarının ve tüketicilerin davranışsal niyetlerinin anlaşılmasına odaklanmaktadır. Çalışmada gig hizmet ekonomisi ile tüketicilerin davranışsal niyetleri ve tüketici eğilimlerine yer verilmiştir. 419 katılımcının yer aldığı çalışmada, tüketicileri Gig hizmet platformlarına yönlendiren faktörler teknoloji kabul modeli yardımıyla, tüketici bakış açıları ise davranışsal niyet ölçeği yardımıyla incelenmiştir. Çalışmada hedonik motivasyon, kolaylaştırıcı koşullar, alışkanlık ve çaba beklentisi boyutlarının davranış niyet düzeyini pozitif yönde artırıcı etkiye sahip olduğu yönünde bulgular elde edilmiştir. Performans beklentisi, sosyal etki ve fiyat değeri düzeylerinin davranışsal niyet düzeyini anlamlı şekilde etkilemediği bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır. Davranışsal niyete etki eden önemli faktörün hedonik motivasyon olduğu bunu sırası ile kolaylaştırıcı koşullar, alışkanlık ve çaba beklentisi boyutlarının takip ettiği tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Gig Tabanlı Hizmet Platformları, Hizmet Aplikasyonları, Teknoloji Kabul Modeli, Davranışsal Niyet, Tüketici Davranışları

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışmanın verileri toplanmadan önce ilgili üniversiteden Etik Kurul izni alınmıştır. Bu makale etik hususlar dikkate alınarak yazılmıştır.

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