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Barriers to Responsible Consumption in e-Commerce : Evidence from Fashion Shoppers
2021
This qualitative study investigates the barriers to responsible consumption in e-commerce from the online shoppers’ viewpoint. The purpose of the study is to increase our understanding of what prevents young adults from making responsible purchases in online stores in the context of fashion retail. The data were collected by interviewing ten Finnish fashion shoppers aged 23-27 years. The findings show that responsible consumption is perceived as complex and challenging. The study identified barriers related to online stores and consumers themselves. Online store implementation (product availability, information and transparency, and pricing) is vital in facilitating online shoppers’ respons…
The Influence of Facebook Discussions on Purchase Intention and Word of Mouth
2022
This chapter examines the influence of online consumer discussions on Facebook on purchase intention and word of mouth (WOM). Specifically, it attempts to determine whether Facebook discussions are perceived as credible and how these discussions are linked with behavioural intentions. The first part of this chapter presents a research model linking seven constructs. In the second part, we tested the research model and hypotheses with a sample of 151 consumers from one Facebook group for children’s shoe recommendations. Of the seven hypotheses tested, we found support for six. This chapter concludes by discussing the contributions of the study to both theory and practice, outlining the main …
Physiotherapists' lived experiences of decision making in therapeutic encounters with persons suffering from whiplash-associated disorder: A hermeneu…
2020
Conceptual discussions related to clinical reasoning and decision making have evolved over the years from biomedical to incorporating more holistic approach to reasoning. Empirical studies exploring clinical reasoning and decision making in physiotherapy practice have mostly focused on aspects of managing persons with low back pain, such as exercise prescription, education and communicating diagnosis. There is a paucity of studies exploring decision making in whiplash‐associated disorder (WAD); thus, the aim of this study was to explore the physiotherapists' lived experiences of decision making related to treating persons with WAD. A qualitative research design based on hermeneutic phenomen…
Making and breaking relationships on social media: the impacts of brand and influencer betrayals
2021
This study considers how the relationships between social media influencers, brands and individuals are intertwined on social media and analyses the spill-over effects of feelings of betrayal. An experimental design with two transgression scenarios (influencer vs. brand) was created, and 250 individuals were recruited to participate in the study. The results show that a perceived betrayal by a brand can negatively affect the perceived coolness of the social media influencer that has endorsed the brand, as well as the parasocial relationships that followers have with the influencer. Accordingly, a perceived betrayal by a social media influencer can negatively affect attitudes, trust and purc…
Predicting consumer purchase intention toward hybrid vehicles : testing the moderating role of price sensitivity
2020
PurposeToday, global warming is one of the most acute challenges in the world, prominently caused by greenhouse gases. The introduction of hybrid-vehicles (HVs) is thus, one of the industrial initiatives to tackle this challenge by allowing at least some proportionate reduction in global-gas-emissions. Such initiatives like HVs have also affected the consumers’ green-purchase-intention (GPI). Hence, underpinned into the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study aims to analyze consumers’ response in terms of GPI for HVs, in addition to exploring the moderating-effect of price-sensitivity between independent-variables (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control) and con…
User experience of an e-commerce website : a case study
2022
User Experience (UX) is extremely important for e-commerce websites and their commercial success. The goal of an e-commerce website is to generate sales and increase customer satisfaction, which is why helping users reach their goals efficiently and effortlessly is an essential part of the online customer journey. A well-designed website improves UX and guides the user towards taking the desired actions, which facilitate a smooth online customer journey. This chapter examines how UX contributes to the online customer journey on an e-commerce website and how the pragmatic and hedonic qualities of the website can meet user needs. By applying the cognitive walkthrough method and a UX questionn…
Paths to purchase : the role of the online environment and the fluctuation of customer brand engagement
2016
Customers´ paths to purchase are constantly developing due to digitalization. Online channels enable customers to guide their own decision processes more than ever. When understanding the complex buying journeys, companies can gain competitive advantage. Another current and interesting phenomena in the field of marketing lies in a fairly new concept called customer brand engagement (CBE). The nature of CBE has been studied to some extent, but further research is needed, especially on fluctuation, since most research focuses on observing CBE levels during a specific context and time. The aim of this research is to create insight into the customer decision-making process and CBE. The focus is…
The antecedents and outcomes of online consumer brand experience
2021
Websites are a remarkable cyber asset and a vital part of companies’ marketing communications and sales operations. This chapter discusses how online Consumer Brand Experience is created and affected by website qualities. We develop and test a research model concerning the antecedents and outcomes of Consumer Brand Experience with a sample of 202 respondents in Finland. The findings suggest that website appearance quality dimensions have a significant effect on evoking Consumer Brand Experience, whereas the technical quality dimension does not. Brand trust, electronic Word-of-Mouth intentions, and behavioural intentions are identified as outcomes of consumer brand experiences evoked by webs…
Three Stages of Consumers’ Multi-Stage Dichotomic Switching Process Pre-Switch, switch, and post-switch
2021
This research examines why and how consumers switch their mobile phones. We propose a framework that is grounded on decision-making and motivational theories and draws on the findings from a multinational qualitative survey on consumers’ mobile phone switching process. We show that consumers’ pre-switching decisions are affected by push and pull factors, their mobile phone selections are based on utilitarian or hedonic values, and their justifications for switching are based on cognition or affect. Furthermore, we identify two archetypical routes (i.e., cognitive and affective routes) and three conjoint routes that explain the dichotomic switching processes in pre-switch, switch, and post-s…
"Nyt nää läskit lähtee" : lihavuusleikkaukseen hakeutuminen kuluttajan ostopolkuna
2016
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, kuinka kuluttaja toimii hakeutuessaan vaativaan leikkaukseen. Tutkimuksessa pyritään ymmärtämään kuluttajan motivaatioita, emooti-oita ja vaikeita valintoja lihavuusleikkauksen ostopolulla. Tutkimuksen teoreettisena taustana toimivat kuluttajan ostopäätösprosessiin, erityisesti konstruktiiviseen päätös-prosessiin sekä emootioihin liittyvät teoriat ja aiempi tutkimus. Ylipainoiseen kuluttajaan, lihavuusleikkaukseen sekä terveyspalvelujen valintaan liittyvät tiedot ja teoriat muodos-tavat ostopolun maiseman. Tutkimuksessa haastateltiin 17 suomalaista kuluttajaa, joille oli suoritettu lihavuusleik-kaus. Haasteltaviksi valittiin sekä julkisen terveydenhuoll…