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WHY DISRUPTIVE SPORT COMPETITION TECHNOLOGIES ARE USED BY AMATEUR ATHLETES? AN ANALYSIS OF VAPORFLY SHOES WITH AN UTAUT MODEL

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    Identificador: imarina:9294613
    Autores:
    de Andres-Sanchez, J.de Torres-Burgos, F.Arias-Oliva, M.
    Resumen:
    Objectives: The Vaporfly tech (VFT) for road running shoes has supposed a disruption in distance running shoes. Academic research suggests that VFT improves performance, at least, in elite and sub-elite athletes. This paper assesses empirically factors influencing the acceptance of disruptive competition technologies, focusing on the perceptions about the VFT shoes by amateur athletes.Material and methods: We analyse a survey over 252 Spanish amateur athletes (214 men and 38 women). Our research uses Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), including ethical awareness of athletes that is measured by means of their judgement on moral equity (ME), and athlete income.Results: The proposed model explains almost half of the intention to use (IU) disruptive technologies by athletes. Adjusted structural equation model (SEM) shows that significant influential factors on IU are easiness expectation whose path coefficient (pc) is 0.467 (p<0.01), performance expectancy (pc=0.203, p<0.05), perception on ME (pc=0.298, p<0.01) and athlete's income (pc=0.123, p<0.01). Surprisingly, social influence has a weak influence on the IU. Similar results are attained with Poisson regression.Discussion: This paper applies a theoretical framework that combines findings in consumer behaviour (UTAUT model) and moral equity dimension of a multiple ethical scale to explain intention to use VFT. Of course, proposed methodology can be used to evaluate a disruptive tech within the context of any other sport.Conclusions: Findings have important implications in the sport industry. As we expected and also has shown by reviewed literature linked to sport tech, conventional UTAUT has been revealed useful theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of disruptive sport techs in the comp
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    Autor según el artículo: de Andres-Sanchez, J.; de Torres-Burgos, F.; Arias-Oliva, M.;
    Departamento: Gestió d'Empreses
    Autor/es de la URV: Arias Oliva, Mario / De Andrés Sànchez, Jorge
    Palabras clave: Wearable technology Vaporfly tech Utaut Tam Scale Running economy Road distance running Information-technology Extension Ethics in sports Ethics Consumer acceptance Acceptance model
    Resumen: Objectives: The Vaporfly tech (VFT) for road running shoes has supposed a disruption in distance running shoes. Academic research suggests that VFT improves performance, at least, in elite and sub-elite athletes. This paper assesses empirically factors influencing the acceptance of disruptive competition technologies, focusing on the perceptions about the VFT shoes by amateur athletes.Material and methods: We analyse a survey over 252 Spanish amateur athletes (214 men and 38 women). Our research uses Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), including ethical awareness of athletes that is measured by means of their judgement on moral equity (ME), and athlete income.Results: The proposed model explains almost half of the intention to use (IU) disruptive technologies by athletes. Adjusted structural equation model (SEM) shows that significant influential factors on IU are easiness expectation whose path coefficient (pc) is 0.467 (p<0.01), performance expectancy (pc=0.203, p<0.05), perception on ME (pc=0.298, p<0.01) and athlete's income (pc=0.123, p<0.01). Surprisingly, social influence has a weak influence on the IU. Similar results are attained with Poisson regression.Discussion: This paper applies a theoretical framework that combines findings in consumer behaviour (UTAUT model) and moral equity dimension of a multiple ethical scale to explain intention to use VFT. Of course, proposed methodology can be used to evaluate a disruptive tech within the context of any other sport.Conclusions: Findings have important implications in the sport industry. As we expected and also has shown by reviewed literature linked to sport tech, conventional UTAUT has been revealed useful theoretical framework to explain the acceptance of disruptive sport techs in the competitive arena. In addition, ethical aspects also should be considered in their development.
    Áreas temáticas: Public health, environmental and occupational health Psychology Physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation Pedagogical & educational research Orthopedics and sports medicine Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism Education Educación Developmental and educational psychology Deporte Ciencias sociales Ciencias de la educación Actividad física y deportiva
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: mario.arias@urv.cat jorge.deandres@urv.cat jorge.deandres@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-6874-4036 0000-0002-7715-779X 0000-0002-7715-779X
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Sport And Health Research. 15 (1): 197-214
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: de Andres-Sanchez, J.; de Torres-Burgos, F.; Arias-Oliva, M.; (2023). WHY DISRUPTIVE SPORT COMPETITION TECHNOLOGIES ARE USED BY AMATEUR ATHLETES? AN ANALYSIS OF VAPORFLY SHOES WITH AN UTAUT MODEL. Journal Of Sport And Health Research, 15(1), 197-214. DOI: 10.58727/jshr.89629
    DOI del artículo: 10.58727/jshr.89629
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education,Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    Wearable technology
    Vaporfly tech
    Utaut
    Tam
    Scale
    Running economy
    Road distance running
    Information-technology
    Extension
    Ethics in sports
    Ethics
    Consumer acceptance
    Acceptance model
    Public health, environmental and occupational health
    Psychology
    Physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation
    Pedagogical & educational research
    Orthopedics and sports medicine
    Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism
    Education
    Educación
    Developmental and educational psychology
    Deporte
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias de la educación
    Actividad física y deportiva
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