Smartphone dependency and its impact on purchase behavior

Amran Harun and Liew, Toh Soon and Abdul Wahid Mohd Kassim and Rini Suryati Sulong (2015) Smartphone dependency and its impact on purchase behavior. Asian Social Science, 11. pp. 196-211. ISSN 1911-2017 (P-ISSN) , 1911-2025 (E-ISSN)

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Abstract

People nowadays seem to become dependent towards smartphone due to its convenience, great camera features, easy applications’ installations, and more importantly, it can do most of the computer functions on the go. Significantly, smartphone usage in Malaysia is growing enormously and has become a significant and lucrative industry. This study aims to understand the antecedents and the outcome of the smartphone dependency among smartphone consumers. Two theories-the theory of uses and gratification and the media dependency theory were used as the theoretical basis for this study, in order to determine the motivations to use a smartphone and to define dependency and its outcome. The antecedent variables were convenience, social need and social influence; and all of these dimensions are conceptualized as one-dimensional. The outcome of dependency on smartphones was expected to be the purchase behavior. Data analyses were based on 226 valid questionnaires that were collected among smartphone users. The result from the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Partial Least Square (PLS) shows that only social needs and social influence significantly influenced the smartphone dependency among consumers, therefore indicating that these two factors are important to influence dependency on the smartphone. In addition, the analysis also verifies that the purchase behavior is the outcome of the dependency on the smartphone. Based on these results, marketers could focus on creating dependency among consumers on smartphone usage based on the consumers’ social need, which eventually will promote future purchase behavior in the long run. More importantly, understanding social influences as antecedents.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Dependency on Smartphone , Purchase Behavior , Theory of Media Dependency , Theory of Uses and Gratification
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic theory. Demography > HB1-3840 Economic theory. Demography T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK5101-6720 Telecommunication Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
Depositing User:	SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2021 15:07
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2021 15:07
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31399

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