Mobile Messaging Through Android Phones: An Empirical Study to Unveil the Reasons Behind the Most Preferred Mobile Messaging Application Used by College Going Students

International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, Vol. 2 (March/April 2014 Issue)

6 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2014

Date Written: April 26, 2014

Abstract

Mobile chatting is the most popular services over mobile phone networks. This paper intended to explore customers’ intention to use Mobile Messaging Applications (MMA) in India. The current study found that perceived expressiveness, perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment and assortment of services to have significant relationship with intention to use MMA. This indicates that Indian students use mobile messaging to express themselves, to pass the time and assortment of the services in MMA. Perceived usefulness also plays a significant role in student’s intention to use MMA.

Keywords: Mobile Messaging Applications, Mobile Messaging Apps, MMA, expressiveness, usefulness, enjoyment, assortment of services

JEL Classification: M3, M30, M31, M39

Suggested Citation

Singh, Dr. Jashandeep and Singh, Dr. Jashandeep, Mobile Messaging Through Android Phones: An Empirical Study to Unveil the Reasons Behind the Most Preferred Mobile Messaging Application Used by College Going Students (April 26, 2014). International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, Vol. 2 (March/April 2014 Issue), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2411656

Chitkara Business School ( email )

Punjab
Rajpura, Punjab 140401
India

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