Consumer acceptance of technology-based services in retailing: a service science approach

Abstract

Based on the Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) initiative, which aims to bring together work from different fields and to develop the competences required in this service-led economy, this doctoral thesis develops and empirically tests a conceptual framework that models consumer acceptance of technology-based services in retailing by conceptualizing and approaching technology acceptance at the service system level. The proposed conceptual model uses attitudinal measures as approximation of consumer acceptance and includes the notion of technology contact (TC) as a service design characteristic that classifies technology-based services according to the level of customer-technology interaction they require, as antecedent of consumer acceptance. Moreover, consumer attitude towards the retail service concept -the general service idea to be supported by technology- is hypothesized as the second main antecedent of consumer acceptance. Finally, perceived system characterist ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/17784
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/17784
ND
17784
Alternative title
Η στάση των καταναλωτών απέναντι σε υπηρεσίες βασισμένες στην τεχνολογία στο λιανεμπόριο: μια προσέγγιση από τη σκοπιά της επιστήμης των υπηρεσιών
Author
Theotokis, Aristeidis
Date
2009
Degree Grantor
Athens University Economics and Business (AUEB)
Committee members
Δουκίδης Γεώργιος
Πραματάρη Κατερίνα
Βρεχόπουλος Αδάμ
Σιώμκος Γεώργιος
Βασιλακόπουλος Γεώργιος
Γιαγλής Γεώργιος
Παναγόπουλος Νικόλαος
Discipline
Social SciencesEconomics and Business
Keywords
Technology acceptance; Consumer behavior; Technology-based Services
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
209 σ., im., ind.
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