with innovativeness and behavioral intention. Yi et al. (2006) also found no difference
in ease of use perception among adopter categories in an online shopping context.
When an innovation is first introduced, the technological difficulty becomes one of the
major barriers. However, as the new innovation is exposed to more people over time, how
easy it is to use the innovation becomes less important than how useful it is (Davis et al.,
1989). Wu and Wang (2005) also found PEOU is not related with intention to use mobile
commerce. Rogers (2003) also noted that an innovation with high complexity would
impose a high barrier for less innovated individuals to adopt the innovation whereas an
innovation with less complexity and novelty would not hinder the process of diffusion
of the innovation. In the present context, it may be that consumers are already
sufficiently familiar with the use of mobile devices and traditional coupons that they do
not perceive mobile coupons as representing a significant technological barrier,
resulting in the failure to find significantly different levels of PEOU. Also, the reason
ENJ is not a significant contributor to mobile coupon adoption may be found at the goal
of the activity. The coupon usage is an activity with utilitarian goals rather than hedonic
goals.Therefore, intrinsic motivation such as perceived enjoyment can be less important
than extrinsic motivation such as perceived usefulness.