Toward better purchase decision-performance: Linking person-environment fit to explorative and exploitative use of branded applications

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Highlights:

• This study explores antecedents of customer purchase decision-performance.

• Person-environment fit theory and the theory of exploitation and exploration are used to build the research model.

• Explorative use and exploitative use influences customer purchase decision-making.

• Person-app fit and person-brand fit influence both uses of a branded app.

• Perceived fluency toward cross-channel integration moderates the fit-use linkages.

摘要

•This study explores antecedents of customer purchase decision-performance.•Person-environment fit theory and the theory of exploitation and exploration are used to build the research model.•Explorative use and exploitative use influences customer purchase decision-making.•Person-app fit and person-brand fit influence both uses of a branded app.•Perceived fluency toward cross-channel integration moderates the fit-use linkages.

论文关键词:Person-environment fit,Customer decision performance,Explorative use,Exploitative use,Branded applications,Perceived fluency

论文评审过程:Received 28 July 2020, Revised 20 May 2021, Accepted 2 June 2021, Available online 10 June 2021, Version of Record 10 June 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101063