Mobile commerce security in the public sector : Sudanese users’ perceptions

Abstract: This research is an in-depth quantitative work that seeks to explain the dilemma faced by mobile commerce users who transact using mobile technologies that are inherently vulnerable to security threats. The work looks at users in the Sudanese public sector and aims to examine the factors that influence users’ intentions to mobile commerce in the Sudanese governmental sector. The work adopts both Roger’s theory of Innovation Diffusion and the Technology Adoption Theory to elucidate the constructs of perceived security risk, perceived trustworthy, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. A sample size consisting of 145 respondents, who provided useful data regarding perceptions underlined by the four constructs, was used. Tentative findings suggest that perceived security risk is negatively correlated with m-commerce adoption. In addition, perceived trust and internet knowledge have insignificant influence on Sudanese adoption. Contributions of this research are provided in the penultimate section of the study.M.Com