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Exploring Factors Affecting Consumer's Impulse Buying Behavior in Live-Streaming Shopping

An Interactive Research Based Upon SOR Model

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ID3265339
AuthorsChunhui Huo (0000-0003-4087-4389, Liaoning University), Xiaorui Wang (0000-0002-7795-0990, Liaoning University, corresponding author), Muhammad Waqas Sadiq (0000-0003-3331-0702, Liaoning University), Ming Pang (0009-0000-4008-4462, Liaoning University)
Year2023
Volume13
Issue2
Publication date2023-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/21582440231172678
OpenAlexW4376875628
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited78

The emergence of live-streaming commerce has fueled the phenomena of impulse buying. However, existing understanding of this phenomenon is relatively limited. In this study, we adopted the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) paradigm to create an influence mechanism of impulse buying behavior in live streaming shopping. We investigated the influence of social presence and sales promotion (stimuli) on impulse buying behavior (response) through flow experience (organism). In addition, we also examined time availability and money availability, two situational variables, as moderators of flow experience and impulse buying behavior. To explore the factors that contribute to consumers' impulse buying behavior, an online survey ( n = 375) was done in China. The empirical findings indicate that social presence and sales promotion positively affect flow experience, subsequently triggering consumers' impulse buying behavior in live streaming. The results also indicated the positive moderation of money availability and time availability. Theoretically, the findings contribute to live- streaming commerce literature and impulse-buying literature. The findings also provide insightful managerial implications for live-streaming merchants to better understand impulse buying behavior to develop an effective marketing strategy

Advertising · Business · Live Streaming · Moderation · Multimedia · Situational ethics · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour · Marketing

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