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Category-based or piecemeal-based processing? A dual model of web-mobile service extension behavior

Category-based or piecemeal-based processing? A dual model of web-mobile service extension behavior The advancements of mobile technologies and devices have greatly facilitated the extension of online services from web to mobile environments. Drawing on the categorization theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of perceived entitativity on users’ web-mobile service extension behavior. The research model considers how perceived entitativity serves as a category cue to link the category- and piecemeal-based processing and shape users’ adoption of extended mobile services.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey (n=552) was conducted to empirically test the model. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling approach.FindingsThe results offer two major findings. First, performance expectancy, perceived controllability and subjective norm are important antecedents of users’ usage intention. Second, perceived entitativity has three types of effects on usage intention: it exerts a direct and positive influence on usage intention; it indirectly facilitates usage intention through increasing PE and perceived controllability; and it moderates the relationship between subjective norm and usage intention.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by taking into account the interplay of category- and piecemeal-based processing to understand consumers’ web-mobile service extension behavior. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Industrial Management & Data Systems Emerald Publishing

Category-based or piecemeal-based processing? A dual model of web-mobile service extension behavior

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0263-5577
DOI
10.1108/imds-04-2018-0184
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Abstract

The advancements of mobile technologies and devices have greatly facilitated the extension of online services from web to mobile environments. Drawing on the categorization theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of perceived entitativity on users’ web-mobile service extension behavior. The research model considers how perceived entitativity serves as a category cue to link the category- and piecemeal-based processing and shape users’ adoption of extended mobile services.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey (n=552) was conducted to empirically test the model. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling approach.FindingsThe results offer two major findings. First, performance expectancy, perceived controllability and subjective norm are important antecedents of users’ usage intention. Second, perceived entitativity has three types of effects on usage intention: it exerts a direct and positive influence on usage intention; it indirectly facilitates usage intention through increasing PE and perceived controllability; and it moderates the relationship between subjective norm and usage intention.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by taking into account the interplay of category- and piecemeal-based processing to understand consumers’ web-mobile service extension behavior.

Journal

Industrial Management & Data SystemsEmerald Publishing

Published: Jun 13, 2019

Keywords: Mobile service; Categorization theory; Category-based processing; Perceived entitativity; Piecemeal-based processing; Web-mobile service extension behaviour

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