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Understanding the mediating effects of the relationship between consumer’s need-for-touch and online purchase propensity: a comparison study between China and Portugal

dc.contributor.authorSilva, Susana C.
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Paulo
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-26T16:20:54Z
dc.date.available2021-06-26T16:20:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis study analyses the impact of Need-for-Touch (NFT) on the online purchase propensity by evaluating the influence of the individual consumer country of origin. Although, NFT has been a major topic of research over the past years, the link between NFT and purchase propensity have rarely been empirically proven. For the purpose of assessing this relationship an online questionnaire was applied in Portugal and China and the data studied through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, namely multivariate analysis of variance and structural equation modelling.The results indicate that consumer’s country of origin seem to affect the relevance of the sense of touch for a sweater. Consumers with high levels of NFT are more likely to engage in additional brand touch-points and consequently to have stronger brand experiences. Also, the findings confirm the impact of the perceived information credibility and the brand experience on the perceived product quality, which influences the propensity to search and to purchase online.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn9788864930428
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34003
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.titleUnderstanding the mediating effects of the relationship between consumer’s need-for-touch and online purchase propensity: a comparison study between China and Portugalpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage71pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage70pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleProceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy December: international business in the information agept_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpt_PT

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