DocumentCode
3437608
Title
Analysis of the relationship between involvement and the Internet Word-of-Mouth
Author
Zhang, Yaowen ; Lv, Tingjie
Author_Institution
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
fYear
2010
fDate
24-26 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1018
Lastpage
1024
Abstract
With the development of network technology and the increasing popularity of the network, the Internet Word-of-Mouth is gradually replacing its traditional counterpart. People increasingly prefer to collect product information using the network exchange in order to make consumption decisions. Involvement theory plays an important role in the theory of consumer behavior; it explains why people sometimes did not follow the rational model-information collection, screening, and assessment to do purchase decision. Researching the role of involvement to IWOM is significant to the development of marketing theory and effective marketing communications. This paper regards college students as survey subjects, focuses on the impact of variables of involvement to IWOM, and conducts the demonstration to get conclusions so as to recommend appropriate management recommendations to help the corporation better carry out the publicity and marketing of product.
Keywords
Internet; consumer behaviour; purchasing; recommender systems; Internet word-of-mouth; consumer behavior; involvement theory; management recommendation; marketing theory development; network exchange; network technology; product information; product marketing; purchase decision; rational model-information collection; Correlation; Educational institutions; Internet; Mercury (metals); Organizations; Reliability; Internet Word-of-Mouth; Involvement; Word-of-Mouth; Word-of-Mouth spread;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Network Infrastructure and Digital Content, 2010 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6851-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICNIDC.2010.5657951
Filename
5657951
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