Predicting consumer intentions to shop online: An empirical test of competing theories |
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Authors: | Hsiu-Fen Lin |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Shipping and Transportation Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, No. 2, Beining Road, Keelung 202-24, Taiwan, ROC |
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Abstract: | The proliferation of commercial Web sites providing consumers with a new medium to purchase products and services has increased the importance of understanding the determinants of consumer intentions to shop online. This study compared the technology acceptance model and two variations of the theory of planned behavior to examine which model best helps to predict consumer intentions to shop online. Data were gathered from 297 Taiwanese customers of online bookstores, and structural equation modeling was used to compare the three models in terms of overall model fit, explanatory power and path significance. Decomposing the belief structures in the theory of planned behavior moderately increased explanatory power for behavioral intention. The results also indicate that the decomposed theory of planned behavior provides an improved method of predicting consumer intentions to shop online. Finally, the implications of this study are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Consumer intentions Online shopping Technology acceptance model Theory of planned behavior Decomposed theory of planned behavior |
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