Abstract
Purpose/Aim: The paper aims at the technology adoption of a food app. The study is conducted in India using the TAM Model and investigates how work-family conflict moderates the relationship between Behavioral Intention and independent variables like Perceived Value, Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness. The study also investigates if there is a significant difference in behavioral intention controlling for socio-demographic factors. Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey was conducted among 273 respondents across India. A convenient and snowball sampling was used for this purpose and the respondents were working professionals. Confirmatory analysis was conducted to test the measurement model and structural equation modelling was done to test for moderation effects. The analysis was conducted in R Studio. Findings: The study found that Perceived Value has high significance in the adoption of food tech apps. The moderating effect of work-family conflict is very significant in the case of Value and Perceived Usefulness. However, work-family conflict does not have a moderating effect on Perceived Ease of Use. There is a significant difference in behavioral intention accounting for control variables like age and spouse working. Research Limitations: This study was conducted in India. Future research can use this model to study the phenomenon of food app adoption in other countries while adding important constructs like personal innovativeness, network effects, and habit if required. Quota sampling can be done to pick a minimum number of respondents for each socio-demographic indicator for better explanatory power. Practical Implications: The study provides online aggregator companies, data on how work-family conflict affects the adoption of the app. Companies like Swiggy and Zomato could improve perceived value irrespective of absence of work-family conflict. Restaurants can use this study to understand how they can add further value to make sure their services are attractive to even customers with less workfamily conflict. Originality/Value : The findings allow the factors that can influence the adoption of food apps in India to be understood. Unlike existing studies based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study includes perceived value and how work-family conflict moderates the relationship between Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Value and Perceived Ease of Use with Behavioral Intention. The research also investigates the significant differences in behavioral intention controlling for factors like amily type, Age, Gender and Marital status. Most studies on adoption of apps are either generalized or more focused on sectors like banking and shopping. By focusing on India, this model can also be applied to other countries which are relatively new to food app adoption.