IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v16y2024i22p9645-d1514628.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Role of Technophilia and User Goals in the Intention to Use a Mobility Management Travel App

Author

Listed:
  • João de Abreu e Silva

    (CERIS, Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Julianno de Menezes Amorim

    (CiTUA, Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal)

Abstract

The ubiquitous use of mobile devices along with the amount of traffic, transportation services, and travel pattern data available has led to the emergence and deployment of smartphone applications for providing information about personal travel management. Several of these travel apps are aimed at voluntary travel behavior change (VTBC) to support and increase sustainable mobility, and have led to the development of research to investigate their influence on travel behavior. Here, the aim is to study the role of technophilia and goal-framing theory in the intention to adopt and situationally use a prospective VTBC travel app. A Structural Equation Model is developed with the aim of empirically testing a sample of 971 respondents collected in two suburban corridors in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The results support that goal-framing theory is important for explaining the adoption of VTBC travel apps. Gain and normative motives are more relevant than hedonic motives, pointing to the importance of their tangible benefits. Frequent car users may benefit from VTBC travel apps in terms of encouraging behavioral changes, supporting sustainable mobility management solutions. The results also outline the importance of technophilia and the current use of travel apps in influencing the intention to use VTBC apps.

Suggested Citation

  • João de Abreu e Silva & Julianno de Menezes Amorim, 2024. "The Role of Technophilia and User Goals in the Intention to Use a Mobility Management Travel App," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:22:p:9645-:d:1514628
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/22/9645/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/22/9645/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Gustav Bösehans & Ian Walker, 2020. "Do supra-modal traveller types exist? A travel behaviour market segmentation using Goal framing theory," Transportation, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 243-273, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Jiawei Gui & Qunqi Wu, 2020. "Multiple Utility Analyses for Sustainable Public Transport Planning and Management: Evidence from GPS-Equipped Taxi Data in Haikou," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-46, September.
    2. Timmer, Sebastian & Merfeld, Katrin & Henkel, Sven, 2023. "Exploring motivations for multimodal commuting: A hierarchical means-end chain analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    3. Timmer, Sebastian & Bösehans, Gustav & Henkel, Sven, 2023. "Behavioural norms or personal gains? – An empirical analysis of commuters‘ intention to switch to multimodal mobility behaviour," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    4. Hauslbauer, Andrea L. & Schade, Jens & Petzoldt, Tibor, 2022. "The identification of mobility types on a national level," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 289-298.
    5. Karolina Godzisz & Maciej Dzikuć & Piotr Kułyk & Arkadiusz Piwowar & Piotr Kuryło & Szymon Szufa, 2021. "Selected Determinants of Sustainable Transport in the Context of the Development of a Low-Carbon Economy in Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-14, August.
    6. Eunhee Erica Ko & Minho Cho, 2022. "Exploring Determinants of Tourists’ Ethical Behavior Intention for Sustainable Tourism: The Role of Both Pursuit of Happiness and Normative Goal Framing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-17, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:22:p:9645-:d:1514628. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.