Mobile Media Consumer: The Influence of the Profile of the Adopter on the Relationship between Perceived Value and Purchase Intent

Name: WASHINGTON ROMÃO DOS SANTOS

Publication date: 19/05/2014
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MARCOS PAULO VALADARES DE OLIVEIRA Co-advisor *
TERESA CRISTINA JANES CARNEIRO Advisor *

Examining board:

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MARCOS PAULO VALADARES DE OLIVEIRA Co advisor *
TERESA CRISTINA JANES CARNEIRO Advisor *

Summary: The present study aims to evaluate if the profile of the adopter of innovations affects the relationship between Perceived Value and Intention to Buy mobile media (smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks and e-readers). This is a quantitative study that seeks to explore the structural relationship between variables by means of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The proposed research model was developed based on the Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT), the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the Value-based Adoption Model (VAM), Consumer Acceptance of Technology Model (CAT), the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Model of Social Influence (SI). To collect data the snowball sampling technique, a non-probability sampling method used in social research was used. A survey was done by distributing a questionnaire provided by the social network Facebook, from contacts if autorsolicitando that respondents replicassem on their personal pages link research, expanding the sample. Data collection was conducted during September and October of 2013, yielding a total of 362 responses. The study showed a significant effect between the variables Perceived Value and Purchase Intention (t-value = 4, 506; significance level of 1 %), and supported the moderating influence of the Adopter Profile of this relationship (t-value = 4.066; significance level of 1%), with a high impact on the purchase intention (f2 = 0.582) and moderate predictive relevance (q2 = 0.290). Between the antecedents variables related to technology adoption, had no significant effect on Perceived Value: the Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Complexity and Perceived Risk. The model contributed significantly to explain the influence of the factors that impact on Perceived Value (R2 = 51.7 %) and the influence of this on Purchase Intention (R2 = 49.1 %) of mobile media. The support presumidade moderators influence the adopter profile on Perceived Value and Purchase Intention ratio indicates that organizations should know better consumers of this type of furniture equipemnto, targeting and developing actions aligned with each Adopter Profile.

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