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| Title | Fear of Product Obsolescence and Intention to Upgrade |
| Creator | 陳建維 Chen, Chien-Wei;Lien, Nai-Hwa |
| Contributor | 國際經營與貿易學系 |
| Key Words | age; fear of economic obsolescence; fear of psychological obsolescence; fear of technological obsolescence; recency |
| Date | 2016 |
| Date Issued | 9-Jan-2018 15:49:43 (UTC+8) |
| Summary | Research Question 1. How do consumers` fears specific to product obsolescence change with the time elapsed since last purchase? 2. What are the relationships between different obsolescence fears, i.e., fear of psychological obsolescence, fear of economic obsolescence, and fear of technological obsolescence, and consumers` intention to purchase high-tech upgrades? 3. Will the mechanism that underlies the fear-intention to upgrade causality vary with the consumer`s age? Method and Data An online survey was employed in Taiwan to acquire the data needed for testing the hypothesized model. Respondents were solicited to complete a questionnaire consisting the measurement items of constructs of interest, along with their experience and behavior in buying and using smartphones. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) establish convergent validity, reliability, and discriminant validity. The hypotheses were tested using the mediated and moderated regression analysis. Summary of Findings In an upgrading decision context, both fear of psychological obsolescence and fear of technological obsolescence partially mediate the relationship between the time elapsed since last purchase and consumers` intentions to upgrade. The impact of fear of psychological obsolescence on upgrading intention is moderated by the consumer`s age. Fear of economic obsolescence and age imposes an interaction effect on intention to upgrade, meaning that older consumers laden with fear of economic obsolescence have stronger intention to upgrade their smartphones than younger consumers worried about economic obsolescence. Key Contributions This research contributes to the burgeoning literature on upgrading high-technology durables by building theoretical connections to both cognitive evaluation and affective responses concerning consumer`s replacing high-technology products from a temporal perspective. The empirical results should be able to shed some light on predicting consumer behavior with respect to whether and/or when to upgrade and offer several managerial guidelines for managing and launching consumer high-technology products. |
| Relation | AMA Summer Educators` Conference Proceedings. 2016, Vol. 27, pF-4-F-4. 1p. |
| Type | conference |
| dc.contributor | 國際經營與貿易學系 | zh_TW |
| dc.creator (作者) | 陳建維 | zh_TW |
| dc.creator (作者) | Chen, Chien-Wei;Lien, Nai-Hwa | en_US |
| dc.date (日期) | 2016 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 9-Jan-2018 15:49:43 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.date.available | 9-Jan-2018 15:49:43 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.date.issued (上傳時間) | 9-Jan-2018 15:49:43 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.identifier.uri (URI) | http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/115543 | - |
| dc.description.abstract (摘要) | Research Question 1. How do consumers` fears specific to product obsolescence change with the time elapsed since last purchase? 2. What are the relationships between different obsolescence fears, i.e., fear of psychological obsolescence, fear of economic obsolescence, and fear of technological obsolescence, and consumers` intention to purchase high-tech upgrades? 3. Will the mechanism that underlies the fear-intention to upgrade causality vary with the consumer`s age? Method and Data An online survey was employed in Taiwan to acquire the data needed for testing the hypothesized model. Respondents were solicited to complete a questionnaire consisting the measurement items of constructs of interest, along with their experience and behavior in buying and using smartphones. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) establish convergent validity, reliability, and discriminant validity. The hypotheses were tested using the mediated and moderated regression analysis. Summary of Findings In an upgrading decision context, both fear of psychological obsolescence and fear of technological obsolescence partially mediate the relationship between the time elapsed since last purchase and consumers` intentions to upgrade. The impact of fear of psychological obsolescence on upgrading intention is moderated by the consumer`s age. Fear of economic obsolescence and age imposes an interaction effect on intention to upgrade, meaning that older consumers laden with fear of economic obsolescence have stronger intention to upgrade their smartphones than younger consumers worried about economic obsolescence. Key Contributions This research contributes to the burgeoning literature on upgrading high-technology durables by building theoretical connections to both cognitive evaluation and affective responses concerning consumer`s replacing high-technology products from a temporal perspective. The empirical results should be able to shed some light on predicting consumer behavior with respect to whether and/or when to upgrade and offer several managerial guidelines for managing and launching consumer high-technology products. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 59905 bytes | - |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
| dc.relation (關聯) | AMA Summer Educators` Conference Proceedings. 2016, Vol. 27, pF-4-F-4. 1p. | en_US |
| dc.subject (關鍵詞) | age; fear of economic obsolescence; fear of psychological obsolescence; fear of technological obsolescence; recency | en_US |
| dc.title (題名) | Fear of Product Obsolescence and Intention to Upgrade | en_US |
| dc.type (資料類型) | conference | - |