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Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how virtual gaming communities influence and maintain player expectations before, during, and after a game's release. A mixed‐methods study was conducted, comprising a netnography followed by an experiment. First, a netnographic study was conducted over 12 months, tracking communities to understand player behavior and ...
Lucas Lopes Ferreira de Souza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidelines for Scale Development and Validation

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scales, serving as measurement instruments composed of carefully designed items intended to capture latent constructs, play a critical role in advancing consumer theory and marketing practice. Yet, developing and validating scales poses a formidable challenge due to the diverse methods required to ensure rigor and robustness.
Weng Marc Lim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI Hallucinations in Tourism: How Errors Impact Consumer Trust and Recommendation Acceptance

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is quickly transforming travel planning; however, its outputs can include hallucinations, which are plausible yet false statements that can undermine user judgement. Eliminating hallucinations in GenAI technology is currently impossible.
Francisco Rejón‐Guardia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Self‐Checkout Technology on Shopping Behavior in B2B Retail: Evidence From Point‐Of‐Sale Transaction Data

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of self‐checkout technology implementation on B2B customer shopping behavior using a novel methodological approach that combines propensity score matching with difference‐in‐differences analysis on actual point‐of‐sale transaction data.
Jindřich Špička   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Between States of Anxiety, Negative Career Thoughts, and Information‐Processing Skills

open access: yesThe Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cognitive information processing (CIP) theory focuses on domains of career decision‐making and problem‐solving with the inclusion of affective and cognitive dimensions. Despite this focus, there is sparse research on the connection between anxiety and CIP cognitive dimensions of negative career thoughts and information‐processing (CIP) skills.
Seth C. W. Hayden   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Dynamics, Human Resource Practices and the Performance of Family Firms

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the impact of formalizing human resource (HR) practices on the performance of family firms. It also examines how family involvement in ownership and management, along with the presence of family employees, moderates this relationship.
Gregorio Sánchez‐Marín   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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