Abstract
Offline social interactions and online shopping each have been studied extensively. Despite the importance of each construct, little is known about the effects of offline social interactions on online shopping. This study examines three research questions: (1) how offline social interactions affect online shopping in general, (2) how active and passive offline social interactions exert different influences on online shopping, and (3) how online shopping preferences moderate the influences from the two types of offline social interactions. Our empirical analyses provide three substantive findings. First, overall offline social interactions have a positive impact on online shopping demand. Second, while active offline social interactions have a positive informational influence on online shopping demand, passive offline social interactions have a negative normative influence on it. Third, online shopping preferences weaken both the positive informational and negative normative influences from both of offline social interactions. We also discuss theoretical and managerial implications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 373-381 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Business Research |
| Volume | 99 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 Jun |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the BK21 Plus Grant given for Yonsei School of Business (Fostering Startup Professionals Based on Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability), and partially supported by the Graduate School of YONSEI University Research Scholarship Grants in 2017.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Marketing