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Is it all about consumer engagement? : Explaining continuance intention for utilitarian and hedonic service consumption
2020
This paper compares the explanatory power of consumer engagement (CE) regarding service continuance intention with the variables of attitude (utilitarian and hedonic) and satisfaction. Survey data were collected from users of mobile music (n = 596) and mobile parking (n = 297) services. The partial least squares method was applied to analyze the data. In line with expectations, the findings show that attitude and satisfaction are superior drivers of service continuance intention compared to CE when service is used for utilitarian reasons. In contrast, when service consumption is driven by hedonic reasons, CE is a stronger driver than satisfaction. However, no evidence for the superiority of…
Rolling or Scrolling? The Effect of Content Type on Habitual Use of Facebook
2020
The paper investigates how content type (i.e., hedonic and utilitarian content) is related to satisfaction, habitual use, use intensity and discontinued use intentions in the context of social media services. The research model was empirically tested using a survey study (n = 142) that was conducted among Facebook users. The results show that hedonic content is a strong predictor of habitual use of and satisfaction with Facebook. In turn, utilitarian content has a positive effect on satisfaction; however, it does not significantly affect habitual use. Additionally, habit affects use intensity more than satisfaction but has no significant effect on discontinued use intention. These results s…
Unboxing co-creation of value: Users' hedonic and utilitarian drivers
2019
Value co-creation through involving users in service processes via resource integration is a focal service research interest. However, studies often take a firm-centric or generic approach and overlook value co-creation from the point view of an individual user. We address this gap by adopting a qualitative research approach and laddering interviews (n = 113) to examine users’ hedonic and utilitarian drivers for value co-creation behavior in five service system contexts. We argue that underlying differences exist among all service systems and contribute with a novel approach by depicting the differences in value-based motivations for users to co-create value. As practical implications, our …
The utility function and the emotional well-being function
2004
Behind the utility function, which is the basis for economic and finance theory, is a philosophical and ethical approach based essentially on the Utilitarian and Hedonistic schools. Once qualitative, the utility function’s approach shifted to a quantitative one based on the work of the mathematician, D. Bernoulli. This quantitative approach is normative and based on a maximizing agent. In this paper, the “emotional well-being” function is developed which mixes the ethics of a rational economic individual with those of a more complete individual who is simultaneously conditioned by economic, instinctive, social, religious, ethical, and esthetic values. This new utility function of emotional …
Dual Information Systems : A Review Of Factors Affecting Their Use
2019
More and more information systems (IS) are designed to address a blend of hedonic and utilitarian purposes, and hence become what information system scholars call today “dual systems.” The aim of this research is chiefly to provide a holistic perspective for research done regarding dual IS (i.e., what factors affect users’ adoption and post-adoption of these systems) in order to assess the state of knowledge in this area and to provide a reference point for system designers. To achieve this goal, we started out with a systematic literature review (35 articles), and analyzed the articles in terms of their theoretical background, constructs and findings. The results suggest that there is an i…
Kannattava ja eettinen kultakaivostoiminta Sierra Leonessa
2012
Tällä tutkimuksella on haluttu selvittää länsimaalaisten ja sierraleonelaisten toimijoiden käsitysten pohjalta, kuinka eettistä Sierra Leonessa harjoitettu, omistajilleen lisäarvoa tuottava, ja kannattava kultakaivostoiminta on suhteessa liiketoiminnan eri sidosryhmiin. Liiketoiminnan kannattavuutta tarkastellaan kannattavuusteorioiden avulla, sekä kannattavuuslaskelmien perusteella. Kultakaivostoiminta on omistajilleen riskisijoittamista, johon liittyy suuret liiketoiminnalliset riskit, mutta myös suuret tuotto-odotukset. Kultakaivostoiminnan vaikutuksia eri sidosryhmiin tarkastellaan sidosryhmäteorian perusteella valittujen tärkeimpien sidosryhmien näkökulmasta. Vaikutusten …
Paperinen vastaan elektroninen : tutkimus e-kirjojen omaksumiseen vaikuttavista tekijöistä
2017
Nykypäivänä olemme koko ajan jollakin tapaa digitaalisen maailman ympäröimänä. Näin ollen myös tapamme viettää vapaa-aikaa on muuttunut radikaalisti. Lukeminen on kuitenkin vapaa-ajan viettotapa, joka on pysynyt vuosisatojen saatossa lähes muuttumattomana. Siitä huolimatta, että kulutamme musiikkia ja elokuvia nykyään lähes yksinomaan suoratoistopalvelujen kautta, niin elektroniset kauno- ja tietokirjat eivät ole saaneet kunnollista jalansijaa Suomen markkinoilta. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena onkin selvittää syitä sille, miksi e-kirjojen omaksuminen on ollut niin jähmeää. Vastapainona tälle ollaan kuitenkin myös kiinnostuneita niistä tekijöistä, jotka näyttäisivät edistävän e-kirjojen omak…
Do Online Travel Communities Matter? A Literature Review
2017
The emergence of social media has migrated consumers from peripheral stakeholders to strategic partners whose inputs are critical for successful product and service innovation. Online communities provide a platform for aggregation of consumers from diverse backgrounds; online travel communities (OTCs) have recently attracted growing interest in the information systems and tourism literature because their unofficial boundary spanning role influences consumer interest in destinations. Importantly, this literature remains largely fragmented because of conflicting findings. The present study seeks to integrate prior OTC research in order to understand the motivations and consequences (negative …