Re-examining the influence of trust on online repeat purchase intention: The moderating role of habit and its antecedents
Re-examining the influence of trust on online repeat purchase intention: The moderating role of habit and its antecedents
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DOI:
10.1016/j.dss.2012.05.021
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发表时间:
2012-11-01
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Chang, Chun-Ming
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作者:
Chiu, Chao-Min;Hsu, Meng-Hsiang;Chang, Chun-Ming
Customer loyalty or repeat purchasing is critical for the survival and success of any store. By focusing on online stores, this study investigates the moderating role of habit on the relationship between trust and repeat purchase intention. Prior research on online behavior continuance models perceives usefulness, trust, satisfaction, and perceived value as the major determinants of continued usage or loyalty, overlooking the important role of habit. We define habit in the context of online shopping as the extent to which buyers tend to shop online automatically without thinking. Building on recent research on the continued usage of IS and repeat purchasing, we develop a model suggesting that habit acts as a moderator between trust and repeat purchase intention, while familiarity, value and satisfaction are the three antecedents of habit. Data collected from 454 customers of the Yahoo!Kimo shopping mall provide strong support for the research model. The results indicate that a higher level of habit reduces the effect of trust on repeat purchase intention. The data also show that value, satisfaction, and familiarity are important to habit formation and thus relevant within the context of online repeat purchasing. The implications for theory and practice and suggestions for future research are also discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.