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Purchase intention in an electronic commerce environment: A trade-off between controlling measures and operational performance

Information technology & people (West Linn, Or.), 2019-12, Vol.32 (6), p.1345-1375 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 ;ISSN: 0959-3845 ;EISSN: 1758-5813 ;DOI: 10.1108/ITP-05-2018-0241

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  • Title:
    Purchase intention in an electronic commerce environment: A trade-off between controlling measures and operational performance
  • Author: Shareef, Mahmud Akhter ; Dwivedi, Yogesh K. ; Kumar, Vinod ; Davies, Gareth ; Rana, Nripendra ; Baabdullah, Abdullah
  • Subjects: Application ; College students ; Colleges & universities ; Consumer behavior ; Consumers ; Cybercrime ; Developing countries ; Electronic commerce ; Electronic government ; Hypotheses ; Identity theft ; Information technology ; LDCs ; Learning ; Marketing ; Model testing ; Opportunity costs ; Polls & surveys ; Privacy ; Purchase intention ; Reliability ; Shopping ; Social exchange theory ; Technology adoption ; Theft ; Transactions ; Trustworthiness ; Websites
  • Is Part Of: Information technology & people (West Linn, Or.), 2019-12, Vol.32 (6), p.1345-1375
  • Description: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the integrated impact of the application of protection measures against identity theft on consumers’ synergistic perception of trust, the cost of products/services and operational performance (OP) – all of which in turn is postulated to contribute to purchase intention (PI) when shopping online. Design/methodology/approach In order to accomplish the specified aim, this study first conducted an experiment by involving the students from a university in Bangladesh. Then a survey was conducted to capture their opinion based on the previous experiment. Findings The study identified that in e-commerce, OP and trust have potential impact on pursuing consumers’ PI. Traditionally, price is always an issue in marketing; however, for e-commerce, this issue does not have direct impact on PI. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this study is that a less established e-commerce example was utilized to conduct the experiment and survey for validating the model. Also, the study was conducted only in the context of Bangladesh and a student sample was utilized. Future studies can test the model in different contexts (particularly to verify the impact of privacy) by utilizing data from consumers. Practical implications This study has resolved a controversial issue by generating clear guidelines that the overall conjoint effect of OP, trust, and price on PI is neither negative nor neutral. Synergistically, the application of these controlling tools of identity theft can substantially enhance consumers’ trust, which is the single most predictor to pursue consumer PI. Originality/value This study has provided in-depth insight into the impact of different controlling measures in e-commerce PI. Practitioners have potential learning from this study that if consumers find the application of different controlling mechanisms against cybercrimes, particularly identity theft, enhancing the reliability, authenticity and security of transactions in this virtual medium, they do not mind paying a higher price. Such insights have not been provided by existing studies on this topic. Developing trust on e-commerce purchase is the driving force, not the price.
  • Publisher: West Linn: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0959-3845
    EISSN: 1758-5813
    DOI: 10.1108/ITP-05-2018-0241
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    ProQuest Central
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