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Consumer information search and decision-making on m-commerce: the role of product type

Consumer information search and decision-making on m-commerce: the role of product type
Consumer information search and decision-making on m-commerce: the role of product type
This study compares consumer decision-making experiences across two channels (m-commerce and e-commerce), and investigates the moderating role of product type in each channel. Cognitive cost, the technology acceptance model, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, and social cognition theory are used to formulate propositions. E-mail messages sent by the participants after undertaking a decision-making task on a channel are analyzed using Critical Incident Technique (CIT). Study findings suggest that product type moderates consumer decision-making on both channels. Findings also suggest that decision-making in m-commerce is perceived as stressful. Findings also highlight the differences between the two channels. The chapter concludes with managerial and theoretical implications and directions for future research.
73-89
IGI Global
Maity, Moutusy
5f3d5d42-c5ba-4168-83c7-35b2888654a0
Lee, In
Maity, Moutusy
5f3d5d42-c5ba-4168-83c7-35b2888654a0
Lee, In

Maity, Moutusy (2013) Consumer information search and decision-making on m-commerce: the role of product type. In, Lee, In (ed.) Strategy, Adoption, and Competitive Advantage of Mobile Services in the Global Economy. USA. IGI Global, pp. 73-89. (doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1939-5.ch004).

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This study compares consumer decision-making experiences across two channels (m-commerce and e-commerce), and investigates the moderating role of product type in each channel. Cognitive cost, the technology acceptance model, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, and social cognition theory are used to formulate propositions. E-mail messages sent by the participants after undertaking a decision-making task on a channel are analyzed using Critical Incident Technique (CIT). Study findings suggest that product type moderates consumer decision-making on both channels. Findings also suggest that decision-making in m-commerce is perceived as stressful. Findings also highlight the differences between the two channels. The chapter concludes with managerial and theoretical implications and directions for future research.

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Published date: 2013

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Local EPrints ID: 474605
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/474605
PURE UUID: 9378c85c-9009-46c7-90ef-96816f81af52
ORCID for Moutusy Maity: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-1311

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Date deposited: 28 Feb 2023 17:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:18

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Author: Moutusy Maity ORCID iD
Editor: In Lee

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