Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Business Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Theses/Dissertations

2014

Atmospherics

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Business

Online Store Atmospherics: Development Of A Gender-Neutral Measure, Wanmo Koo Aug 2014

Online Store Atmospherics: Development Of A Gender-Neutral Measure, Wanmo Koo

Doctoral Dissertations

The study was designed to explore store atmospheric cues currently employed by online retailers. The specific research goals were to establish a comprehensive taxonomy of online store atmospheric cues; and to develop a gender-neutral measurement of online store atmospheric cues identified through qualitative and quantitative approaches.

The study generated an initial item pool via literature review and a focus group interview, and personal interviews were conducted to identify possible online store atmospheric cues and classify items into the identified online store atmospheric cues. A pretest (n = 192) was conducted to initially purify items, and the main study (n = …