Sensation seeking and e-shoppers

López-Bonilla, Jesús Manuel; López-Bonilla, Luis Miguel

doi:10.1007/s10660-008-9018-9

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“…First, the study makes a theoretical contribution by showing that gender-specific differences exist in on-line shopping. This confirms previous research on the importance on gender in e-commerce [12,25,26,29,30] and extends our understanding of such difference by providing specific insights in these differences. In particular, this study has shown that males rank Accurate description of products (IQ1), Fair and transparent pricing (CQ1), Easy tracking and tracing of shipments (CQ4), and a Wide variety of products (CQ6) significantly more important than females.…”

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“…Further, previous research has demonstrated that gender plays an important role when it comes to the adoption of information systems such as e-commerce platforms [12,[25][26][27][28][29]. We have discussed that it is vital to establish user satisfaction and it appears that male and female on-line shoppers have different perception of how this can be accomplished.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…From marketing-, e-commerce-, and general information systems research we know, however, that customers usually have different preferences based on, for example, their gender. We know, for example, that gender does matter when it comes to the adoption and use of information technology [26][27][28].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender-specific on-line shopping preferences

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2010

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This study approaches the question of whether on-line shopping preferences differ from a gender perspective. Data is collected by the means of an on-line survey (n = 170) in which male and female on-line shoppers rank the importance of various features that have an impact on their shopping experience. The results show no gender differences at the construct level. However, when comparing the ranking of individual features some statistically significant differences exist. Males, for example, rank accurate description of products and fair pricing significantly more important than females. Females on the other hand consider return labels significantly more important than their male counterparts. The implications for research are twofold. First, the study provides additional insights into on-line shopping preferences from a gender perspective. Second, the study demonstrates that significant differences might not show on the construct level but only when features are individually compared with each other. The implication for practice is to help businesses enhance their on-line shopping platforms to better consider the particular needs of male and female on-line shoppers.

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Gender-specific on-line shopping preferences

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Stankus³

2010

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“…Despite the importance of information technology in recent years, few studies have been carried out on the relationship between SS and the use of information technology (Etter, Cramer, & Finn, 2006; López-Bonilla & López-Bonilla, 2008; Martin, Sherrard, & Wentzel, 2005). Besides, we found no studies that analyze the profiles that determine sensation seekers according to their four traits.…”

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Sensation-Seeking Profiles and Personal Innovativeness in Information Technology

López-Bonilla

2012

Social Science Computer Review

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Sensation seeking has been studied extensively. However, the study of sensation-seeking profiles is still very limited in the literature and even more so in the area of information and communication technology (ICT). The present study analyzes sensation seeking and the innovative behavior of individuals in the use of information technologies. This work explores the connection between two individual personality traits: sensation seeking (from a social psychology perspective) and personal innovativeness in ICT (from marketing and information systems perspectives). An empirical study was carried out on a sample of 819 university students. The authors have analyzed 12 profiles, which were obtained from the combination of the four traits of the Sensation-Seeking scale. The results confirmed the relationship between both constructs in three sensation-seeking profiles.

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“…These studies provide an understanding of the significance of this concept in explaining some behaviours (Dahlen, Martin, Ragan, & Kuhlman, 2005;Deandrea, Carpenter, Shulman, & Levine, 2009;Desrichard & Denarie, 2005;Eachus, 2004;Gullette & Lyons, 2006;Litvin, 2008;Lopez-Bonilla & Lopez-Bonilla, 2008;Pizam et al, 2002;Slater, 2003;Weisskirch & Murphy, 2004b). For example, research has shown that sensation-seeking is associated with drug use, alcohol use, sexual behaviour, and Internet abuse.…”

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Food tourism: consumer behaviour in relation to traditional food

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Traditionally, sun, sea, and sand are the major reasons why tourists travel, however, in postmodern tourism, tourism products are no longer restricted by these types of natural resources. In order to extend the tourism life cycle and to attract more inbound tourists from overseas, more and more niche markets are developing. One such market that has been highlighted recently is food tourism. Over the past two decades, food tourism is emerging as an area of practical interest for both the host country and tourists as food is an inevitable experience at the travel destination.Food, unlike other natural resources can be provided year-round by utilizing local ingredients.For destination managers there is a need to develop a sense of regional distinctiveness and to maintain the local cultural traditions of their regions. For tourists, food provides the tourists with a novel experience and the chance to become more deeply involved in the local culture and traditions.Accordingly, because of the benefits of food tourism, it has also created interest among scholars to investigate in greater depth. However, even though the study of tourism is increasing, research issues and topics are still somewhat limited. At this stage, there is still a lack of research regarding the tourist's traditional food consumption behaviour. In redressing this omission, this study examines consumer choice behaviour of traditional Taiwanese foods. The specific objectives of this study are to: firstly, explore the food choice behaviour in relation to traditional food; secondly, to examine the impact of personality traits on tourists' traditional food choice behaviour. After a review of the literature, the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was selected to help explain tourists' traditional food buying behaviour. This theory of TPB was used as it explained human's behaviour from the perspective of the attitude-behaviour relationship and allows the researcher to conduct empirically based research. Furthermore, personality traits have been regarded as an important factor that influences people's food choice behaviour. Therefore, in order to examine the influence of food tourism, two personality traits, food neophobia and sensation-seeking have been examined in this study.A quantitative research study design was adopted which was based on the postpostivism paradigm. A pilot survey was conducted in Australia involving 149 respondents to confirm the iii validity and reliability of the six scales used in the pilot study. As a result, the final questionnaire consisted of a total of 44 items in six different scales and two open-ended questions. The final survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews in Taiwan, with Caucasian tourists using a convenience sampling design. This resulted in 389 completed questionnaires. SPSS version 21 and AMOS version 21 were employed to analyse the numeric data and to test the hypotheses.Statistical techniques used with the pilot survey data included item analysis, reliability, and exploratory factor analysis. Fo...

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Sensation seeking and e-shoppers

Cited by 26 publications

References 44 publications

Gender-specific on-line shopping preferences

Gender-specific on-line shopping preferences

Sensation-Seeking Profiles and Personal Innovativeness in Information Technology

Food tourism: consumer behaviour in relation to traditional food

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