Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior

This paper explores the influence of store environment on variety seeking behavior with a model incorporating various components of store environment (music, light, assortment, employee, and layout) and personality variables, optimum stimulation level (OSL) and deal proneness. Using a mall survey wi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohan, G., Sivakumaran, B., Sharma, Piyush
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10215
_version_ 1848746171244216320
author Mohan, G.
Sivakumaran, B.
Sharma, Piyush
author_facet Mohan, G.
Sivakumaran, B.
Sharma, Piyush
author_sort Mohan, G.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This paper explores the influence of store environment on variety seeking behavior with a model incorporating various components of store environment (music, light, assortment, employee, and layout) and personality variables, optimum stimulation level (OSL) and deal proneness. Using a mall survey with shoppers in Dubai, the study establishes that store environment, OSL and deal proneness affect variety seeking positively. This paper extends extant literature by studying comprehensively the impact of store environment on variety seeking. This research suggests that retailers need to invest in the components of store environment to enhance variety seeking. Methodologically, the model incorporates the Schmid–Leiman factor structure to address the limitations posed by reflective models.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T06:29:01Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-10215
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T06:29:01Z
publishDate 2012
publisher Pergamon
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-102152018-03-29T09:05:56Z Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior Mohan, G. Sivakumaran, B. Sharma, Piyush Store environment Optimum stimulation level Variety seeking behaviour Positive effect Structural equation modeling This paper explores the influence of store environment on variety seeking behavior with a model incorporating various components of store environment (music, light, assortment, employee, and layout) and personality variables, optimum stimulation level (OSL) and deal proneness. Using a mall survey with shoppers in Dubai, the study establishes that store environment, OSL and deal proneness affect variety seeking positively. This paper extends extant literature by studying comprehensively the impact of store environment on variety seeking. This research suggests that retailers need to invest in the components of store environment to enhance variety seeking. Methodologically, the model incorporates the Schmid–Leiman factor structure to address the limitations posed by reflective models. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10215 10.1016/j.jretconser.2012.04.003 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle Store environment
Optimum stimulation level
Variety seeking behaviour
Positive effect
Structural equation modeling
Mohan, G.
Sivakumaran, B.
Sharma, Piyush
Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior
title Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior
title_full Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior
title_fullStr Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior
title_full_unstemmed Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior
title_short Store Environment’s Impact on Variety Seeking Behavior
title_sort store environment’s impact on variety seeking behavior
topic Store environment
Optimum stimulation level
Variety seeking behaviour
Positive effect
Structural equation modeling
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10215