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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS<br />

JANURAY 2011<br />

VOL 2, NO 9<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>tention to use <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>formation provided by the health <strong>in</strong>fomediaries. In ANT, one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

major constituents <strong>of</strong> a network is the perceptions <strong>of</strong> its users. Trust beliefs are critical <strong>in</strong> the<br />

network to which the health <strong>in</strong>fomediary belongs (Song, J., and Zahedi, F.M., 2007, p. 393).<br />

Information Quality <strong>of</strong> HI<br />

Understandability<br />

Relevance<br />

Usefulness<br />

Reliability<br />

Adequacy<br />

System Quality <strong>of</strong> HI<br />

Ease <strong>of</strong> Use<br />

Interactivity<br />

HI‘s Trust Signs<br />

Trust beliefs/Properties<br />

HI Environment<br />

* HI = health <strong>in</strong>fomediary<br />

Figure 3: The Conceptual Model for Trust <strong>in</strong> Health Infomediaries.<br />

Source: J. Song, F“M.” Zahedi, 2007, p. 393<br />

5- Belanger, F. & Carter, L.‟s research<br />

Grazioli and Jarvenpaa (2000) <strong>in</strong> their study focuses on user‘s <strong>in</strong>itial trust <strong>in</strong> an e-government<br />

service. Initial trust refers to trust <strong>in</strong> an unfamiliar trustee. McKnight et al. (2002) said that<br />

Initial trust is required <strong>in</strong> a relationship <strong>in</strong> which the citizen does not yet have credible or<br />

mean<strong>in</strong>gful <strong>in</strong>formation about the e-service provider. In <strong>in</strong>itial relationships people use<br />

whatever <strong>in</strong>formation they have, such as perceptions <strong>of</strong> the website or the government agency,<br />

to assess the trustworth<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>of</strong> the trustee. Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itial encounters, trust is largely based on<br />

characteristics <strong>of</strong> the trustor (their disposition to trust), assumptions made about the traits <strong>of</strong><br />

the trustee (trust <strong>of</strong> the government), and <strong>in</strong>stitutional factors (trust <strong>of</strong> the Internet).<br />

5.1. Trust <strong>of</strong> the Internet and trust <strong>of</strong> the government<br />

Tan and Theon (2001) has been suggested that there are two targets <strong>of</strong> trust: the entity<br />

provid<strong>in</strong>g the service (party trust) and the mechanism through which it is provided (control<br />

trust). Carter and Be´langer (2005) and Pavlou (2003) implied that Trust <strong>in</strong> e-government is<br />

therefore composed <strong>of</strong> the traditional view <strong>of</strong> trust <strong>in</strong> a specific entity (trust <strong>of</strong> the<br />

government) as well as trust <strong>in</strong> the reliability <strong>of</strong> the enabl<strong>in</strong>g technology (trust <strong>of</strong> the Internet).<br />

Carter and Be´langer (2005), McKnight et al. (2002), Pavlou (2003), Warkent<strong>in</strong> et al. (2002)<br />

COPY RIGHT © 2011 Institute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Interdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>Research</strong> 401<br />

Ability<br />

Benevolence<br />

Integrity<br />

Risk belief<br />

Web User‘s Propensity to<br />

Trust<br />

HI‘s Favorable<br />

reputation (Rep)<br />

Previous pos.<br />

experience with<br />

<strong>in</strong>fomediaries (Exp)<br />

Structural assurance <strong>of</strong><br />

the web (Assure)<br />

Intention to Use HI <strong>in</strong> Health<br />

Decisions

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