Furthering Emotional Intelligence through Video Games

Furthering Emotional Intelligence through Video Games The field of serious digital learning games that aim to develop players empathy along with their cognitive competencies has made tremendous strides in the past decade. Today, virtual simulations and video games for social change have much to offer the field of education. Even though the benefits of these offerings are still making themselves apparent, a growing number of teachers are trying to stay on the front-end. Many teachers are experimenting with new ways to connect with students through the very same technologies that occupy hours of young peoples leisure time. Teachers are increasingly interested in whether and how digital games and simulations might contribute to civic engagement and action. If video gaming and virtual simulations are so appealing to young people, how can we better harness these forms of entertainment to foster emotional intelligence and empathy so that students can exhibit a more caring and active response to relevant social issues? How can computerized sim ulation games help foster global empathy and interest in global civic learning/action? How might simulations help learners to empathize and identify with the lives of global Others? These are just a few questions that contribute to classroom learning in significant ways. Before considering the value of video games and virtual simulations in relation to empathy, it is important to recognize why empathy should be taught in schools. In our era of globalization, there is a growing need to educate for global citizenship, especially as people across the globe become more and more connected. A true global citizen values empathy and the ability to understand other people across borders and cultural divides. As a significant factor of being human, empathy is often defined as an emotional state that involves feeling in oneself the feelings of others. Empathy is emerging as an especially significant disposition for global citizenship because it enables us to perceive the world through others perspectives, experience the emotions of others, and communicate and act in ways that consider others views and needs (Bachen et al., 2012, p. 438). As adults, we come to see ourselves not only as citizens of our local community, country, or ethno-cultural group, but also a s global citizens willing and able to empathize with other peoples and their situations elsewhere in the world. While students can certainly learn about the plight of disadvantaged peoples around the world, adding empathy to the learning experience helps them retain and relate to this knowledge in a more profound way: emotion plays a variety of important roles in thinking and learning. First, when we are processing information, we store it more deeply and integrate with our prior knowledge better when that new information has an emotional charge for us, when we feel something is at stake or matters (Gee, 2008, p. 35). In addition, just as empathy can be used to increase understanding of various global issues, the more students are asked to analyze and relate to global issues through the eyes of an Other, the deeper their empathic response becomes. As a result, empathy is a key component of social justice education. If a primary goal of social justice education is to cultivate a responsibility to take action, then we cannot truly teach social justice without empathy. Social justice education is based on a need to identify and change structural inequalities and disparities worldwide. An effective way to teach this is to provide students with opportunities to not only gain contextual knowledge but also have experiences that create empathic insights into the lives of people who are oppressed. Segal (2011) believes that when there is a shared definition of the empathic insights into discrimination, injustice, or inequality, individuals are better able and more willing to take action that promotes social justice (p. 268). Therefore, the capacity to experience empathy through a true contextual lens deepens our understanding of the society we live in and compels us to feel a social responsibility that can result in social justice. Segal (2011) states that exposing children to others who are different f rom themselves gives them an opportunity to practice affect sharing or mirroring and self/other-awareness while at the same time enhancing their awareness and understanding of different social conditions (p. 274). This awareness, in conjunction with empathy, can lead to a greater desire to take action for social change. Video games and virtual simulations are a simple and effective vehicle to connect students to the lives of people from various social groups. These tools are effective in promoting empathy within a social justice context because they feature compelling narratives that draw players into a given situation. The power of narrative thus serves as a fundamental aspect of educational gaming: Narrative-centered learning environments afford significant opportunities for students to participate in motivating story-based educational experiences. Virtual characters can engage users in a variety of task-oriented educational and entertainment roles. Fantasy contexts in educational games have been shown to provide motivational benefits to learning. Because of the power of story to draw audiences into compelling plots and rich settings through the promotion of suspension of disbelief and increased story involvement, narrative can contribute to learning in important ways. (McQuiggan et al, 2008, p. 1511) Besides hooking students into a story, narrative-based games invite players to adopt the point of view of a person who may be very different from the players own self, which then results in a number of judgments about the Other being altered, as the player exercises empathy: By encouraging us to exercise our moral imagination, we develop our capacity to more fully put ourselves in another persons situations and thus those different to ourselves in circumstance, identity or practice can no longer be dehumanized or Other-ised as disgusting or subhuman' (McRobie, 2014, n.p.). Narrative-based games and simulations forge connections between humans from different parts of the planet, and the player can learn to better identify with and understand the plight of someone whom he or she may never otherwise meet in real life. Furthermore, this role-playing facet of gaming, with all of its imaginative capacity, can result in better identification with the Other as empathy continues to develop in the player: Empathy may be further developed when a player not only takes the perspective of another, but also begins to identify with the character represented (Bachen et al., 2012, p. 440). Increased identification with the media character has further benefit, as Bachen et al. (2012) explain that this leads to greater attention to and retention of messages associated with those characters (p. 440). As a result, educators can exploit games and virtual simulations because they not only connect students to various peoples across the globe, but ultimately can result in deeper learning because students become immersed in their learning and take more away with them by the end of the experience. A key difference between traditional written narratives (stories, novels, etc.) and virtual simulations is the ability to simulate (and virtually live) a real-life experience that a student would otherwise only read about. Video games and virtual simulations open up the possibility to interact with a time and place that can be worlds away: a virtual world provides an experience set within a technological environment that gives the user a strong sense of being there (Warburton, 2009, p. 415). Because of their narrative feature, videos games and virtual simulations present players with a character that they adopt, while living out a set of experiences from the perspective of the character (Gee, 2008). They allow for exposure to authentic content and culture and allow for reproduction of contexts that cannot be reproduced easily in real life: Most games for change simulate real physical casualties so that the player develops an awareness of a situation where war and genocide may be cent ral to everyday life (Huang and Tettagah, 2010, p. 138). This, in turn, allows students to experience complex and potentially dangerous situations without risk, virtually adopting the perils of the characters life, while simultaneously feel[ing] sympathy and/or empathy for the characters in the game (Huang and Tettagah, 2010, p. 138). Raphael et al. (2010) propose that [r]ole playing games permit players to explore institutional, geographical, and temporal settings that would otherwise be inaccessible, allowing players to learn from the consequences of choices made in the world of the game that would be impractical or dangerous to experience directly (p. 200). Within this role-playing context, players exercise agency, as they are given the freedom to experiment according to their own goals. Players are permitted to do and act according to their own judgments. This experimentation can help the player better understand the potential consequences of certain actions or choices. In virtu ally living out the consequences, the player is more likely to empathize with the character in the situation, which hopefully will lead to increased understanding of inequities around the world and the need for action to address issues of social justice. To put my discussion of game-playing, empathy and social justice into an educational context, I would like to present three examples of virtual simulations and video games that can be used in classrooms to encourage empathy and action. The first is called Real Lives (http://www.educationalsimulations.com/), a simulation game designed for middle and high school students in which the player is born into a life from any country in the world. For instance, students can experience life as a peasant farmer in Bangladesh, a factory worker in Brazil, a policeman in Nigeria, or a computer operator in Poland. As players adopt the perspective of the given identity, they apply knowledge to solve real problems while comparing different value systems as they play the game. Students must make a variety of decisions that involve work opportunities, financial standing, health, marriage and family life, and participation in civil society. The game prompts players to engage in ethical reflection, alway s in the context of challenges or opportunities prevalent to the given country (based on real-world statistics for the countrys poverty rate, infant mortality rate, and so on) (Raphael et al, 2010, p. 216). The efficacy of this game in creating empathic insights is evidenced by Bachen et al.s (2012) study, which did show that Real Lives had a considerable effect on players development of global empathy: Comparing students who played the game with those who participated in an alternate computer-assisted learning activity, we found that playing the simulation game was associated with significantly higher levels of global empathy (Bachen et al., 2012, p. 450). Games like Real Lives are well suited to developing personal responsibility or character. Raphael states games for social change lend themselves to exploring individual ethics rather than the ethics of institutions or society although they still introduce students to the dynamics of large-scale structures that shape lives giving them little power to alter those structures but demanding ethical evaluation of them (p. 219). As in Real Lives, games of responsibility can also force players to grapple with the question of how to live a good life in a society that may be imperfect and unjust (Raphael et al, 2010, p. 221). A second virtual simulation video game that evokes player empathy is Darfur is Dying (http://darfurisdying.com/). This online game is based on the genocide in Sudan and is described by the games developers as a narrative-based simulation where the user, from the perspective of the displaced Darfurian, negotiates forces that threaten the survival of his or her refugee camp. It offers a faint glimpse of what its like for the more than 2.5 million who have been internally displaced by the crisis in Sudan (http://www.darfurisdying.com/aboutgame.html). I have used this game in my classroom teaching with grade seven students and have observed that many enjoy the experience because of the game-based challenges that students must be overcome as their characters risk their lives to protect their village while still seeking to maintain survival. Huang and Tettegah (2010) state that the goals of the developers and instructional designers of Darfur is Dying include raising awareness so that the player/user shares fear, empathy, and other emotions associated with victims of war. Darfur is Dying was developed with goals to educate, provide support and inspire (p. 142). Characters depict actual situations that occur in real life, summoning the players emotive capacity as s/he virtually becomes a displaced Darfurian who must take serious risks while completing seemingly mundane daily tasks, such as gathering food and water. I use this game in my classroom with the hope that students develop empathy for the character, based on the experiences portrayed in the game, and that this leads to cultural awareness and a deeper human connection to the peoples of Sudan. In other words, empathy becomes the main learning outcome as opposed to acquiring specific content. Finally, Against All Odds (http://www.playagainstallodds.ca/) is a third internet-based video game simulation for social change that can be used to teach empathy within a social justice framework. The game was developed by the United Nations Refugee Agency and is designed to teach 12- to 15-year-old players about the plight of refugees. Players take on the role of a refugee, and play through stages, from depiction of persecution and flight from their native country to eventual integration into a foreign country as an asylum seeker. I find this game particularly pertinent today, especially in view of our current political climate and the displacement of Syrian refugees. Many students are hearing about these issues in the news and in discussions at home, but do not fully understand what it means to be a refugee, the struggles refugees face, and how individual citizens in Canada might be able to aid in this situation. Raphael et al. (2010) argue that virtual simulation games that promot e empathy, such as Against All Odds, can encourage students to seek out more knowledge beyond the game and make efforts to act rather than merely observe: playing or developing games may increase students motivation to learn and drive them to consult sources outside the game, inspire critical reflection on history and politics and how they are represented, provide multiple viewpoints on contested events and ideas, allow players to draw on distributed knowledge and develop skills in leadership and collective action that can be used to tackle real-world political problems, or afford opportunities to explore ethical choices and develop empathetic understanding by projecting oneself through an avatar into places and times otherwise inaccessible. (p. 200) My ultimate goal in using video game simulations such as Against All Odds is to promote civic action. It is not enough for students to know about a problem, empathize with those affected, and then go on living their normal lives without further reflection. I hope that the empathy that is established by the game playing incites students to take action, even in a small way, so that they understand that global citizenship is an active task and that we are each individually responsible for the Other. Given that a fundamental part of social justice is developing a community of citizens who take action, it is important that students who play video game simulations such as Real Lives, Dying in Darfur, and Against All Odds are provided with an outlet to both show understanding of empathy and take action. The question that remains for me is what can students do with this experience? Based on their experiences playing one or more virtual simulation games, students can now create their own video game simulations presenting a day in the life of a refugee of their choosing. Using online software called Twine, students can create a narrative that allows players to choose various paths, much like a choose-your-own-adventure book. As students create their game, they demonstrate an understanding of the daily struggles faced by a particular refugee, thus exhibiting empathy for lives of people who may be very different from themselves. In order to make this task an activist one, my middle-schoo l students will be asked to create their game for a younger student in our neighbouring elementary school. This allows students to do something with what they have learned, and as they share the game with a younger child, they take on the role of educator and active citizen. Social justice video games can provide real opportunity for reflection and learning in todays classrooms. For teachers who wish to engage students in learning about real world issues, or who are seeking alternative resources to enhance student learning, pairing young peoples interest in games with a serious social justice topic has the potential to result in powerful educational experiences. The narrative component of virtual simulation games is a real hook that can entice students to learn about the lives of people around the world, and the interactive features require students to both become the character while exercising agency to solve authentic civic problems. The problem-solving aspect of these virtual games puts students in the shoes of the Other, allowing them to better understand hardships and hopefully strongly empathize with a life that may otherwise seem distant and irrelevant. While video game simulations are not a magic solution to increasing student engagement or devel oping empathy, they certainly can be a great tool that allows students to realize that they play an important role in making change around the world.

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Question: Discuss About The Research Applications Electronic Commerce? Answer: Introducation The research study is based on analyzing the factors which influence consumers intention to use of E-Wallet into Malaysia. The rationale of this study is to examine the factors and proposed conceptual framework is taken into consideration many factors which are collectively verified before. The researcher gets an interest in this research topic, but there are some problems which are raised like inconvenience and unattractiveness of the E-wallet technology solutions in order to increase consumers intention to use of this system (Mortimer et al. 2015).The study is focused on the customer based research such as intention of customers to use which are measurable with adopting of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). E-wallet is beneficial to the customers for doing transactions as the services are resulted into operational cost reduction as well as time saving. Barkhordari et al. (2017) stated that the proper e-wallet system into Malaysia is based on its countrys culture with infrastructure . E-wallet technology is not new to people of Malaysia. Due to invention of QR code, it enabled the users to scan as well as make of payments with use of mobile phones. It helped the customers from carrying cash which is quite hassling free. Slade et al. (2015) discussed that e-wallet is such an electronic card which is used for transactions made online throughout use of Smartphone. It is linked with the bank accounting of individual to make payments. Rouibah, Lowry and Hwang (2016) mentioned that age of people provides an impact on attitude towards the e-wallet services. There is young customers intention to use of e-wallet services. Based on Government E-payment adoption ranking, Malaysia was being raked as 24th out of the 43 countries within the worldwide (Azidin, Romle and Mansor 2015). This particular report analyzed the factors which influence intent to use of e-wallet services amongst the citizens of Malaysia. The researcher studied the strategies to support the customers to use of the e-wallet services in the future opportunity (Upadhyay and Jahanyan 2016).Into the e-commerce company, the repute of seller is key significant aspect for sellers as well as buyers. The reason behind purchase of products and doing transactions online are that the desired products are not available into the traditional stores. The e-wallet system into Malaysia is based on culture along with infrastructure within the company. This paper also proposed a model such as Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which evaluates the factors influences consumers intent to use of the e-wallet into Malaysia. Problem statement The complexity of implementation of e-wallet creates challenges into influencing consumers intention to employ of payment services. The significant distinctiveness of e-wallet services are quality as well as accessibility. Other problems are integration of the legacy system, installation of security mechanism, authentication and authorization policies, maintainability in addition to social issues are required to be studied to increase consumers participation into usage of the e-wallet initiatives. The problem is that the study is focused on the young consumers between ages 18-25. Therefore, the results are not generalized for the customers of other age groups. Research objectives To determine influence of performance expectancy, social influence and effort expectancy on behavioral intention of customers for using e-wallet services To evaluate UTAUT model for understanding factors influence customers intent to utilize of E-wallet in Malaysia To examine whether age has impact on attitude towards e-wallet services Significance of the study This research is focused on aim to utilize of e-wallet services amid the citizens of Malaysia. This particular research helps the strategy maker to identify the aspects that can influence as well as influence customers intention to use of e-wallet. It would also assist to recognize the security policies which can strengthen the governmental websites and customers concerns. The expected outcome of this study is to raises elf-assurance of customers to utilize of e-wallet in the future. The value added services are such as peer-to-peer transfers, promotions of marketing along with splitting of bill are helping to make the usage of e-wallet. There is lower intent to use of e-wallet services suitable to volatility of the e-services system such as server downward, security, data integrity, complexity, confidentiality and authentication by the society. By knowing the behaviors and intention to use E-wallets, the researcher gets the understanding of how as well as why the consumers are used of this technology. Electronic payment services (E-wallet) Ting et al. (2016) stated that e-payments into circumstance of the e-commerce is referred to the online transactions are to be carried out via use of internet, and there are numerous forms of the e-payment services such as transaction through online credit card, e-wallet, e-cash, digital checking system as well as wireless payment system. Rouibah, Lowry and Hwang (2016) discussed that e-wallet is such an e-payment process which is done without use of the paper instruments. Slade et al. (2015) argued that today, e-transactions through e-commerce site are used done through e-wallet is become common. Online transactions are not required of physical credit card or any signature; therefore consumers are most interested into the online transactions. E-wallet is also used to accumulate of the information such as credit card number, e-cash, shipping information which is used at instance to investigate the e-commerce sites. Upadhyay and Jahanyan (2016) stated that e-wallet has consisted of tw o components such as software as well as information. The components of software are stored of personal information of customers, provided security along with data encryption. The components of information provided details of users that includes of name, address for shipping, payment methods, details of credit/debit card. In Malaysia, Alipay is the latest e-wallet. Malaysians are used of Alipay e-wallet at the time of shopping. They used of mobile devices for shopping when looking for the product information (64%), compare the prices (60%), looking for coupons and deals (51%), making of proper shopping decisions (50%) along with making shopping trips faster (41%) (Quint, Rogers and Ferguson 2013).Yoon and Occena (2015) illustrated that in order to use Alipay, we have to open an account that is recognized. The shoppers should register for Alipay before marketing of payment. Payment page is used by the shoppers to decide which payment method is used. Othman and Shahzad (2016) discussed that 7-Elevn is one of the first retailer within Malaysia that accept of Alipay mobile wallet applications. Nguyen and Huynh (2018) mentioned that employ of mobile devices into Malaysia is high at 112% of their residents. The higher rate of use of mobile devices in Malaysia makes the e-commerce companies to take advantage into e-wallet transactions. Theories and models into acceptance of technology The theoretical models are designed as well as planned in order to investigate the technology acceptance into IT literature. The research model is developed in this particular learning by drawings on findings prior to Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) which is extended beyond the established TAM. Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) TAM is introduced by Davis in the year 1986 for determining performance of computers procedure. The model is used for constructing perceived usefulness along with perceived ease of use in order to forecast the behavioral intent attitude (Quan and Nam 2017). This model is used to identify the motivational use of technology. UTAUT is developed for four constructs which examines the behavior of users towards e-wallet and examine the mobile payment. UTAUT model is consisted of four constructs as the independent variables, age of users as the moderating variable as well as intention to use e-wallet as the dependent variable. This study eliminates the use behavior as it is impractical to ascertain actual adoption of the e-wallet for this particular research (Junadi 2015). Behavioral intention is better measurement as compared to use behavior as e-wallet is considered at early life stage within Malaysia. E-wallet system are used into the online transactions which provides of various benefit s such as increase into efficiency throughout cost saving, providing of convenience to make payments and flexibility into making of payments. Even it is seen that e-wallet system presents various benefits, but its stage of use is less desirable by the consumers (Rouibah, Lowry and Hwang 2016).The proposed UTAUT model is used to investigate the consumers intention to utilize of e-wallet in Malaysia. Performance expectancy Technology is key significant behaviors to increase quality of peoples life. There are different age groups to make decision to adopt of e-wallet system. It refers that age reflects willingness of the users for using of e-wallet system. It is indicated that the younger workers display enthusiasm towards use of e-wallet. Age influences the behavioral intention to adopt of e-wallet. It is also suggested that due to increase in age, the intention to use of e-wallet system also decreases (Spodak 2015). Age affects the perceptions about the performance expectancy, even though expectations are affected by the user experiences. Effort expectancy It is determined the stage of perceived ease of customers while utilize of e-wallet system into online transactions (Pei, Wang and Guo 2017). It is discovered that technological aspects of e-wallet system affects the acceptance of customer. Effort expectancy is key driver of growth into the e-wallet acceptance. It is the ability of e-wallet to ensure of faster download time along with avoid of downtimes would influence the e-wallet acceptance of the customers from younger age group. Social influence Fashoto, Uzoka and Mabayoje (2016) stated that it is perceived influence those encourage the customers to use of e-wallet into transactions. It measures the effect of the organization support on the acceptance of e-wallet. Social support from the younger generation is required to attain of research goal such as increase into use of e-wallet and customers intention. Technology acceptance improves the social exchange. Subjective norms Shin and Kim (2016) indicated that existing subjective norms have positive impact on the customers behavioral intention. Those norms are from various age groups which exist into the society. The study of subjective norms influence by young age group along with its impact on persons behavioral intention become important for the researchers to understand the decision making to use of e-wallet. Age of users Alba and Grossman (2014) stated that the young generation people are more interested with new and advanced technology for payment. The young age group of people is mostly interested to use of e-wallet for performing the transactions. The e-payment market such as e-wallet grows a rapid pace with rapid adoption of the technology by young people. The young generation caught the use of advanced technology. Conceptual framework and hypothesis Following are the hypothesis which is proposed on the literature review as: H1: Performance expectancy is positively influence by younger generation. H2: Effort expectancy is positively influence by younger generation. H3: Social influence is positively influence by younger generation. H4: Subjective norms are positively influence by younger generation. H5: Younger generation is positively influence by the intention to use e-wallet. Research design Brinkmann (2014) stated that research design is such a plan which is used to investigate as well as gain of answers to the mentioned research question. The research design is based on the primary data collection using questionnaire. The question is based on examining the factors which influence the customers purpose to use of e-wallet services into Malaysia. The research problem statement determines that descriptive design is best research design for this particular research study. This selected research design helps to describe along with measure the factors which will influence the online intention by the customers. Descriptive design is used to gather information which enables the researcher to answer to the research questions along with three of the research objectives. This research design is employed to recognize the factors and depict influence on the factors. Sampling method and data collection The selected data collection method is primary which takes the data into statistical form. Questionnaire is used to perform online survey is the best way to get information efficiently. The selected population for this study is consumers. The design is quantitative as the data are taken into numerical form. The researcher is able to measure as well as analyze the relationship among influencing factors as well as intention of consumers to use of e-wallet services. This data collection method is used to test and generalize the research findings. Online method is used as most successful method to other sampling techniques. The survey is focused on response collection from participants. Target participants The participants are male as well as female employees. The data are collected from Malaysia. Sampling methods The random sampling method is used as the sampling method. Sample size The sample size for this research study is 50 employees. Operationalization and measurement of variable The variable ease of use is relevant for the respondents that is experiencing of internet usage can also perform of e-wallet with use of technology in order to replace the traditional payment method. Kissi, Oluwatobiloba and Berko (2017) stated that the e-wallet services is expanded and increased the amount of interest of consumers into online shopping. TAM model is used to measure adoption of e-wallet into Malaysia. It is observed that relationships between the variables are summarized as form of hypothesis which is illustrated as below: Perception in ease of use of e-wallet: Smith et al. (2014) stated that it is based on usefulness, attitudes, behavioral intention along with social influence. Those are the factors which influence the customers intention to use of e-wallet. Perceived usefulness is based on desirability along with choice of behavior which is used of e-wallet. There is direct relationship among perceived ease of use as well as behavioral intention to utilize of entire satisfaction by use of e-wallet. Attitude in use of e- wallet: It is referred to both positive as well as negative feel towards the target behavior of the customers. Usefulness, ease of use, attitude towards the technologies provides positive attitudes with use of e-wallet. Coppinger (2016) argued that attitude is come from usefulness, ease of use along with trust. Perceived risks provides of negative attitudes with use of e-wallet. Privacy as well as security is the main concerns of the users. Fashoto, Uzoka and Mabayoje (2016) concluded that cultural factors such as elder population of the country is not pushing the technology are intended the users to use of digital wallet. Facilitate conditions of the e-wallet: E-wallet is facilitated conditions of the mobile wallets. Pei, Wang and Guo (2017) summarized that behavioral intention is based on both internal as well as external resources. The external factor is network which is provided by the service operator. The internal factor includes of mobile device which are connected to the service accessed. Mostly the elder people are not aware how to use of e-wallet. Perceived security and privacy of e-wallet: Authentication, confidentiality and unauthorized access errors are the security as well as privacy factors. Perceive of social influence: Behavioral intention in addition to attractiveness is the factors which are used to perceive of social influences (Dahlberg, Guo and Ondrus 2015). Lack of evidence, relationship among facilitates conditions as well as behavioral intentions are used for e-wallet to test its social influence. Perceived risk: Yoon and Occena (2015) stated that trust is dealt with perceived risk. Security and privacy are both important to feel the trust. Most of are not used of e-wallet due to its security concerns. Reliability and validity Reliability of the test is referred to as measurement over the time. The researcher should ensure that the collected data should be reliable and valid so that it helps to achieve required research outcomes. The internal validity of the test is extent to which it will measure what it is to be supposed to be measured. Data analytical method The research study is based on quantitative research which consists of numerical values. It is focused on quality of the data. In this data analysis method, structured techniques, larger number of respondents as well as descriptive findings are required. This method provides with objective measurements and analysis of the data throughout questionnaire and survey. This method is dependent on gathering of numerical data and generalizing it among people groups. Research Ethics Ethical principles Description Permission Before accessing of any information from the organizational company reports, the researcher has taken permission from the owner so that it will not violate any organizational laws and regulations. Treatment of human subjects The researcher treats the participants both ethically as well as respectfully. No metal and physical harassment are done with the respondents. Data gathering The gathered data for this research study helps to appreciate the factors which manipulate consumers intent to utilize of E-wallet into Malaysia. 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