An empirical investigation of the utilitarian, social benefits in LBS information disclosure—The moderating effect of the gender based social role theory

Li，Yahui1; Mou，Jian2; Ye，Liying3; Long，Jing3; Huang，Wei (Wayne)3

2021-02-01

10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102243

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT   Impact Factor & Quartile

0268-4012

1873-4707

The prior studies on information disclosure in location-based services (LBS) suggested that the perceived benefits of information disclosure in LBS were manifested by three benefits, namely, locatability, personalization, and social benefits. The three benefits might affect information disclosure intention differently. As an extension, individual factors, such as gender, may affect the relationship. However, according to literature, little research has investigated on the combined influence of the three benefits on the information disclosure intention in LBS with the gender as a moderator. Based upon the self-determination and social role theories, this study intends to bridge the gap empirically. The hypotheses are largely supported by 215 respondents. Unexpectedly, the research findings show that for females, locatability and personalization are more important in predicting their information disclosure intention, whereas for males, the social benefit has more of an impact on information disclosure intention, which is opposite to the hypotheses and convention. Furthermore, the research findings indicate that the behaviors of males and females may conform to the roles distributed within a society of this information age rather than to the personalities of the individuals. Finally, the implications are presented.

Gender Information disclosure Locatability Location-based service Personalization Social benefits

SSCI ; EI

English

Corresponding

NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China)[71732006,71433001,71722014] ; NSFC[91546119,"2018WZDXM020",71731009,7191101304]

Information Science & Library Science

Information Science & Library Science

WOS:000600916600010

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

20204009292993

Telecommunication services ; Encoding (symbols) ; Economic and social effects ; Error analysis

Telecommunication; Radar, Radio and Television:716 ; Data Processing and Image Processing:723.2 ; Social Sciences:971

SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

2-s2.0-85091791759

Scopus

1.School of Management,Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi'an,710000,China
2.School of Business,Pusan National University,Busan,46241,South Korea
3.College of Business,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518000,China

Li，Yahui,Mou，Jian,Ye，Liying,等. An empirical investigation of the utilitarian, social benefits in LBS information disclosure—The moderating effect of the gender based social role theory[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT,2021,56.

Li，Yahui,Mou，Jian,Ye，Liying,Long，Jing,&Huang，Wei .(2021).An empirical investigation of the utilitarian, social benefits in LBS information disclosure—The moderating effect of the gender based social role theory.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT,56.

Li，Yahui,et al."An empirical investigation of the utilitarian, social benefits in LBS information disclosure—The moderating effect of the gender based social role theory".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 56(2021).