Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity
The objective of this research is to examine perception towards the products “Made in China” between the Malays and Chinese. Specifically, it looks into relationship between country-of-origin (COO) image, product knowledge, product involvement with information search and purchase intention. It fur...
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| author | Huang, Huat Wei Ernest Cyril, de Run Hiram, Ting |
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| description | The objective of this research is to examine perception towards the products “Made in China” between the Malays
and Chinese. Specifically, it looks into relationship between country-of-origin (COO) image, product knowledge,
product involvement with information search and purchase intention. It further examines the difference of
perception between the Malays and Chinese with their respective ethnic identification. A total of 550
questionnaires were distributed at a Public Institution of Higher Learning. 252 copies from the Malay respondents
and 251 copies from Chinese were subsequently collected. Statistical tests of relationship and difference in SPSS
21.0 were used. The findings show that there is significant difference between COO image and product
involvement among the Malay and Chinese respondents. Besides, there is difference between COO image and
product knowledge among the Malays with strong and weak ethnic identification. As for the Chinese, the
difference between strong and weak ethnic identification is found in COO image. In addition to the magnitude of
ethnicity, this study also underscores the importance to understand customers’ product involvement due to its
effect on information search and purchase intention. |
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| spelling | unimas-129242022-01-04T00:26:56Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12924/ Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity Huang, Huat Wei Ernest Cyril, de Run Hiram, Ting H Social Sciences (General) HJ Public Finance The objective of this research is to examine perception towards the products “Made in China” between the Malays and Chinese. Specifically, it looks into relationship between country-of-origin (COO) image, product knowledge, product involvement with information search and purchase intention. It further examines the difference of perception between the Malays and Chinese with their respective ethnic identification. A total of 550 questionnaires were distributed at a Public Institution of Higher Learning. 252 copies from the Malay respondents and 251 copies from Chinese were subsequently collected. Statistical tests of relationship and difference in SPSS 21.0 were used. The findings show that there is significant difference between COO image and product involvement among the Malay and Chinese respondents. Besides, there is difference between COO image and product knowledge among the Malays with strong and weak ethnic identification. As for the Chinese, the difference between strong and weak ethnic identification is found in COO image. In addition to the magnitude of ethnicity, this study also underscores the importance to understand customers’ product involvement due to its effect on information search and purchase intention. 2016 Proceeding PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12924/1/Information%20Search.pdf Huang, Huat Wei and Ernest Cyril, de Run and Hiram, Ting (2016) Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity. In: Conference proceeding at the Sixth Asia Pacific Marketing and Management Conference (APMMC-6),, 16- 18 March 2016, Pusat Islam Tun Abang Salahuddin, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4048.8085 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) HJ Public Finance Huang, Huat Wei Ernest Cyril, de Run Hiram, Ting Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity |
| title | Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity |
| title_full | Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity |
| title_fullStr | Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity |
| title_short | Information Search and Purchase Intention for "Made in China "Products by Ethnicity |
| title_sort | information search and purchase intention for "made in china "products by ethnicity |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) HJ Public Finance |
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