Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing

Younger consumers have taken a major position in the automobile market in China as they are taking the lead in driving the national vehicle consumption. Despite having lower financial capacity, young customers are driven by the emotional pride to “show off” their acquired ownership. In lieu of...

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Main Authors: Chen, Jiandou, Ibrahim, Rahinah, Azmi, Athira
Format: Article
Published: Academia Industry Networks 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107447/
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author Chen, Jiandou
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Azmi, Athira
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description Younger consumers have taken a major position in the automobile market in China as they are taking the lead in driving the national vehicle consumption. Despite having lower financial capacity, young customers are driven by the emotional pride to “show off” their acquired ownership. In lieu of this, this paper is proposing to give young customers a luxurious experiential perception while they continue buying affordable cars which will boost the sales of domestic automobiles. This paper is a desktop survey attempting to understand through a systematic literature review synthesis process on recent findings about customer’s personality, emotion, and behavior in order to highlight the trends, fill in gaps and suggest approaches for reaching out to younger Chinese auto buyers. Results of this study lead towards proposing a personalized carbuying approach that utilizes technology to customize the in-car ambience and respects customer privacy will improve the car-buying experience and increase customer satisfaction. Future studies are recommended to enhance the car user experience among young Chinese buyers.
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spelling upm-1074472024-10-15T05:51:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107447/ Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing Chen, Jiandou Ibrahim, Rahinah Azmi, Athira Younger consumers have taken a major position in the automobile market in China as they are taking the lead in driving the national vehicle consumption. Despite having lower financial capacity, young customers are driven by the emotional pride to “show off” their acquired ownership. In lieu of this, this paper is proposing to give young customers a luxurious experiential perception while they continue buying affordable cars which will boost the sales of domestic automobiles. This paper is a desktop survey attempting to understand through a systematic literature review synthesis process on recent findings about customer’s personality, emotion, and behavior in order to highlight the trends, fill in gaps and suggest approaches for reaching out to younger Chinese auto buyers. Results of this study lead towards proposing a personalized carbuying approach that utilizes technology to customize the in-car ambience and respects customer privacy will improve the car-buying experience and increase customer satisfaction. Future studies are recommended to enhance the car user experience among young Chinese buyers. Academia Industry Networks 2023-06 Article PeerReviewed Chen, Jiandou and Ibrahim, Rahinah and Azmi, Athira (2023) Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing. International Journal of Social Science Research, 5 (2). pp. 24-37. ISSN 2710-6276 https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijssr/article/view/22651
spellingShingle Chen, Jiandou
Ibrahim, Rahinah
Azmi, Athira
Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
title Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
title_full Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
title_fullStr Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
title_full_unstemmed Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
title_short Effective car-buying approaches for younger Chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
title_sort effective car-buying approaches for younger chinese buyers: a systematic literature review synthesis on customer personality, emotion, and behavior in automotive purchasing
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107447/
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