Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps

In this age of technology, consumers have become comfortable shopping with their mobile devices. In light of this growing trend, the branded app market has grown steadily, surpassing all other types of mobile commerce. Although many retail businesses go mobile, consumers’ continuous use of the brand...

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Main Authors: Xin, Jean Lim, Jun, Hwa Cheah, Ng, Siew Imm, Kamal Basha, Norazlyn, Liu, Yide
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96002/
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author Xin, Jean Lim
Jun, Hwa Cheah
Ng, Siew Imm
Kamal Basha, Norazlyn
Liu, Yide
author_facet Xin, Jean Lim
Jun, Hwa Cheah
Ng, Siew Imm
Kamal Basha, Norazlyn
Liu, Yide
author_sort Xin, Jean Lim
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description In this age of technology, consumers have become comfortable shopping with their mobile devices. In light of this growing trend, the branded app market has grown steadily, surpassing all other types of mobile commerce. Although many retail businesses go mobile, consumers’ continuous use of the branded app remains a key challenge in gaining a competitive advantage in the contemporary market. By integrating both the stimulus-organism-response (S–O-R) model and gender schema theory (GST), this study aims to investigate how gender differences affect the factors that drive branded app continuous use intention (CUI). Survey data collected from 715 millennial mobile shoppers were analyzed using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results demonstrate that telepresence and social presence have a significant effect on customer engagement (CE) and value co-creation (VCC), which consequently impact CUI. Furthermore, the moderation results indicate that both genders play rather different roles in the proposed relations. Therefore, our work contributes to the information system and consumer behavior literature, while providing practitioners with useful information about effective strategies to drive the continuous usage of a branded app.
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spelling upm-960022023-03-10T08:12:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96002/ Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps Xin, Jean Lim Jun, Hwa Cheah Ng, Siew Imm Kamal Basha, Norazlyn Liu, Yide In this age of technology, consumers have become comfortable shopping with their mobile devices. In light of this growing trend, the branded app market has grown steadily, surpassing all other types of mobile commerce. Although many retail businesses go mobile, consumers’ continuous use of the branded app remains a key challenge in gaining a competitive advantage in the contemporary market. By integrating both the stimulus-organism-response (S–O-R) model and gender schema theory (GST), this study aims to investigate how gender differences affect the factors that drive branded app continuous use intention (CUI). Survey data collected from 715 millennial mobile shoppers were analyzed using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results demonstrate that telepresence and social presence have a significant effect on customer engagement (CE) and value co-creation (VCC), which consequently impact CUI. Furthermore, the moderation results indicate that both genders play rather different roles in the proposed relations. Therefore, our work contributes to the information system and consumer behavior literature, while providing practitioners with useful information about effective strategies to drive the continuous usage of a branded app. Elsevier 2021 Article PeerReviewed Xin, Jean Lim and Jun, Hwa Cheah and Ng, Siew Imm and Kamal Basha, Norazlyn and Liu, Yide (2021) Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 60. art. no. 102422. pp. 1-17. ISSN 0969-6989; ESSN: 1873-1384 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969698920314296 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102422
spellingShingle Xin, Jean Lim
Jun, Hwa Cheah
Ng, Siew Imm
Kamal Basha, Norazlyn
Liu, Yide
Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
title Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
title_full Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
title_fullStr Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
title_full_unstemmed Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
title_short Are men from Mars, women from Venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
title_sort are men from mars, women from venus examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96002/