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Title
A multi-method approach to examining consumer intentions to use smart retail technology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2021-04
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Early Online Version
Abstract
This study examines the antecedents and consequences of customers' intentions to use smart retail technology (SRT), specifically Smart Retail Carts. We propose that perceived novelty, perceived efficacy, perceived compatibility, and perceived risk of SRT determine consumers' intentions to use SRT, which, in turn, influences their shopping value through and interaction with this SRT. Survey responses from 338 actual shoppers with prior experience of SRT were used to test the research model. In addition to structural equation modeling (SEM), the Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) technique was used to analyze the data. SEM analysis enabled us to investigate and hypothesize relationships among the above factors, while fsQCA helped develop configurations of factors and find the appropriate target consumers of SRT. The findings posit perceived novelty, perceived efficacy, perceived compatibility, and perceived risk of SRT as antecedents to, and shopping value through SRT and interaction with SRT as consequences of, customers' intentions to use SRT. Moreover, the study found configurations of factors, such as perceived novelty and perceived compatibility, resulted in improved intention to use this form of SRT. The present study offers a better understanding of consumers' intentions to adopt SRT that may help managers to develop adoption strategies for successful implementation of SRT in-store.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Computers in Human Behavior, v.117, p. 1-11
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
2020-11-12
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
ISSN
1873-7692
0747-5632
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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