{"title":"Influencing factors of the extent, timing, and pattern of online insurance adoption","authors":"Mst. Samanta Nasrin, Wirawan Dony Dahana","doi":"10.7903/ijecs.2078","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the influence of consumer traits, product attributes, marketing activities, and word of mouth (WOM) on three aspects of online insurance adoption: the number of products adopted, adoption timing, and adoption pattern. We empirically examine the relationships between these variables using data from 509 consumers collected through an online survey. The results from three statistical analyses suggest that consumers with low social needs, are price-conscious, and perceive fewer risks when buying on the Internet tend to purchase more online insurance products. Furthermore, products advertised on television and the Internet or perceived as having high premium variability are likely to have shorter adoption timing than other products. Moreover, the adoption of an insurance product appears contingent upon the type of insurance previously adopted and the attribute discrepancy between products. Finally, we discuss the managerial implications of our findings to increase the effectiveness of marketing efforts.","PeriodicalId":38305,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7903/ijecs.2078","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Computer Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study investigates the influence of consumer traits, product attributes, marketing activities, and word of mouth (WOM) on three aspects of online insurance adoption: the number of products adopted, adoption timing, and adoption pattern. We empirically examine the relationships between these variables using data from 509 consumers collected through an online survey. The results from three statistical analyses suggest that consumers with low social needs, are price-conscious, and perceive fewer risks when buying on the Internet tend to purchase more online insurance products. Furthermore, products advertised on television and the Internet or perceived as having high premium variability are likely to have shorter adoption timing than other products. Moreover, the adoption of an insurance product appears contingent upon the type of insurance previously adopted and the attribute discrepancy between products. Finally, we discuss the managerial implications of our findings to increase the effectiveness of marketing efforts.
期刊介绍:
The IJECS is a double-blind referred academic journal for all fields of Electronic Commerce. To serve as an international platform, the IJECS encourages manuscript submissions from authors all around the world. As a multi-discipline journal, The IJECS welcome both technology oriented and business oriented electronic commerce research articles. The purpose of the International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies is to promote electronic commerce research and provide worldwide scholars a place to publish their innovative work in electronic commerce. To be published in the journal, the manuscript must make strong empirical, theoretical, or practical contributions and highlight the significance of the contributions to the electronic commerce field. Thus, preference is given to submissions that test, extend, or build strong theoretical frameworks for electronic commerce theory, electronic commerce system development, and electronic commerce practice. The journal is not tied to any particular national context; the geographic distribution of authors publishing in the journal came from countries around the world. Articles introducing cases of innovative applications in electronic commerce around the world are also published in the journal. The journal provides scholars opportunities to realize the electronic commerce research and development around the world. Articles in the International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies will include, but are not limited to the following areas.