Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia

This study aims to examine the factors motivating Malaysian smartphone users to engage in internet mobile shopping services as well as to present the outcomes in terms of proposition for the benefit of retailers to ensure the delivery and the quality of internet mobile shopping services complies wit...

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Main Author: Ram Lubhaya, Sarika
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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description This study aims to examine the factors motivating Malaysian smartphone users to engage in internet mobile shopping services as well as to present the outcomes in terms of proposition for the benefit of retailers to ensure the delivery and the quality of internet mobile shopping services complies with the expectation of the consumers. Samples of 320 smartphone users were drawn from a survey conducted online. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model was improved and integrated with the aspect of attitude and hedonic performance expectancy. Furthermore, a two-step of structural equation modelling (SEM) was utilized in order to certify the evaluation of the model as well as to examine the theorized relationships. The utilitarian and hedonic performance expectancy as well as the social influence was discovered as the essential contributing factors on Malaysian smartphone user’s intention to use the internet mobile shopping services. The results of this research made available recommendations to retailers in order to identify consumers’ expectation in terms of quality and shopping capabilities that needs to be addressed the mobile shopping landscape.
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spelling intimal-7842017-05-15T02:11:07Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/784/ Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia Ram Lubhaya, Sarika HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study aims to examine the factors motivating Malaysian smartphone users to engage in internet mobile shopping services as well as to present the outcomes in terms of proposition for the benefit of retailers to ensure the delivery and the quality of internet mobile shopping services complies with the expectation of the consumers. Samples of 320 smartphone users were drawn from a survey conducted online. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model was improved and integrated with the aspect of attitude and hedonic performance expectancy. Furthermore, a two-step of structural equation modelling (SEM) was utilized in order to certify the evaluation of the model as well as to examine the theorized relationships. The utilitarian and hedonic performance expectancy as well as the social influence was discovered as the essential contributing factors on Malaysian smartphone user’s intention to use the internet mobile shopping services. The results of this research made available recommendations to retailers in order to identify consumers’ expectation in terms of quality and shopping capabilities that needs to be addressed the mobile shopping landscape. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/784/1/114.pdf Ram Lubhaya, Sarika (2013) Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia. Masters thesis, INTI International University.
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Ram Lubhaya, Sarika
Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia
title Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia
title_full Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia
title_fullStr Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia
title_short Factors Motivating Consumers to Engage In Internet Mobile Shopping Via Their Smartphone in Malaysia
title_sort factors motivating consumers to engage in internet mobile shopping via their smartphone in malaysia
topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/784/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/784/1/114.pdf