Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia
The growth of older adults globally is inevitable as the by-product of medical technology advancement and lower fertility rate. Nevertheless, this age segment does not receive the attention they should as a consumer. While there are many studies done about restaurant preferences of older adults, th...
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| author | Ganesan, L. Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah Othman, Mohhidin Haron, Sharifah Azizah |
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| description | The growth of older adults globally is inevitable as the by-product of medical technology advancement and lower fertility rate. Nevertheless, this age segment does not receive the attention they should as a consumer. While there are many studies done about
restaurant preferences of older adults, the factors that stand as a barrier for the older segment to visit a restaurant were not given much importance. To fill the gap in the literature, this research will focus on identifying the barriers preventing older adults to visit a restaurant. Qualitative approach was used in this study. 15 informants aged 55 or above were chosen from Klang Valley using the purposive sampling method. The semi-structured interviews were recorded using a voice recorder. The obtained recordings were then transcribed, translated, coded, and analysed. Atlas.ti software (version 7) was used to help in the coding of the themes.
Barriers identified in this research were cleanliness, service quality, ageing, life’s perspective and food. Recognising these barriers and improvising the restaurant marketing strategy based on it is expected to be beneficial. |
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| spelling | upm-807982021-02-28T17:43:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80798/ Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia Ganesan, L. Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah Othman, Mohhidin Haron, Sharifah Azizah The growth of older adults globally is inevitable as the by-product of medical technology advancement and lower fertility rate. Nevertheless, this age segment does not receive the attention they should as a consumer. While there are many studies done about restaurant preferences of older adults, the factors that stand as a barrier for the older segment to visit a restaurant were not given much importance. To fill the gap in the literature, this research will focus on identifying the barriers preventing older adults to visit a restaurant. Qualitative approach was used in this study. 15 informants aged 55 or above were chosen from Klang Valley using the purposive sampling method. The semi-structured interviews were recorded using a voice recorder. The obtained recordings were then transcribed, translated, coded, and analysed. Atlas.ti software (version 7) was used to help in the coding of the themes. Barriers identified in this research were cleanliness, service quality, ageing, life’s perspective and food. Recognising these barriers and improvising the restaurant marketing strategy based on it is expected to be beneficial. Academic Inspired Network 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80798/1/OLDER.pdf Ganesan, L. and Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah and Othman, Mohhidin and Haron, Sharifah Azizah (2019) Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia. International Journal of Accounting, Finance, and Business, 4 (18). pp. 42-53. ISSN 0128-1844 https://www.researchgate.net › IJAFB-2019-18-03-10(1) |
| spellingShingle | Ganesan, L. Abu Bakar, Ainul Zakiah Othman, Mohhidin Haron, Sharifah Azizah Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia |
| title | Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia |
| title_full | Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia |
| title_short | Barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in Malaysia |
| title_sort | barriers to visit restaurants by older adults in malaysia |
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