Factors That Influence Consumer Purchase Intention
Factors That Influence Consumer Purchase Intention
Factors That Influence Consumer Purchase Intention
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INTRODUCTION
The role of retail stores in society is essential since it satisfies the needs of consumers,
producers, and other parties involved in the business chain. 99 Speedmart is among
the leading retail stores in Malaysia that have offered customers a variety of products
and services since 1987, when it was established. The store currently has over 300
branches owing to its influence and operations strategies that boost the consistency
of consumers. Compared to several retail stores in Malaysia, 99Speedmart offers
relatively cheaper products to consumers and a variety of products and an organized
sales setup. Moreover, customers can easily access the strategically located
minimarts close to residential areas and other appropriate places.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Purchase Intention
The consumer's purchase intention is a broad field of study. Purchase intention is
indicated by the consumer's buying behavior (Martins, Costa, Oliveira, Gonçalves, &
Branco, 2019). Ajzen (1991) proposed that an individual's intention to perform a given
behavior is the main aspect of planned behavior theory. According to him, the goal of
intention is to identify the motivational factors that can affect behavior. The intentions
are indications of people's willingness to try and the effort they intend to put out to
perform a specific behavior. Generally, planned behavior theory is linked to three
variables: behavior, attitude, and perceived behavior control. According to Jusoh,
Syakinah, and Syakinah (2013), customers are more likely to repurchase a product if
several characteristics fulfill their needs. For instance, the product must be compatible
with their religion, health, safety, and quality concerns. To summarise, purchase
intention is a type of decision-making that investigates a consumer's motivation to
purchase a particular brand (Shah et al., 2012). Purchase intention is a situation where
a consumer intends to purchase a specific product in a particular condition.
Perceived Usefulness
Perceived usefulness can be defined as an individual's belief that using the system
will make it easier to complete a task (Lim, Osman, Salahuddin, Romle, & Abdullah,
2016). Perceived usefulness is defined as the consumers' perceptions regarding the
outcome of the experience (Monsuwe, Dellaert, & Ruyter, 2004). Several researchers
(e.g., Nugroho (2009), Eze, Manyeki, Yaw, & Har, 2011; Chiu, Chang, & Cheng,
2008; Abdullah, Ward, & Ahmed, 2016; Aren, Guzel, Kabadayi, & Alpkan, 2013;
Hamid, Razak, Bakar, & Abdullah (2017), proved that perceived usefulness influenced
consumers purchase intention throughout the studies conducted. Besides, Salisbury,
Rodney, Allison, & David (2001) concluded that perceived usefulness has a significant
and positive impact on consumer purchase intention. Hence, it can be concluded that
the higher the perceived usefulness, the higher the consumers' purchase intention. As
such,
H1: Perceived usefulness is positively related to consumer purchase intention.
Perceived Trust
Trust is defined as the willingness to be vulnerable to the acts of another party based
on the expectation that the other will act a particular action important to the trustor,
regardless of the trustor's ability to monitor or control that other party (Büttner & Göritz,
2008). Perceived trust has four dimensions: ability, benevolence, integrity, and
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predictability (Büttner & Göritz, 2008). In this context, the term "ability" refers to the
trustee's competence to keep the promises made. In this case, it refers to the seller.
Benevolence indicates that the trustee is interested in the well-being of the trustee,
whereas the seller will try to provide the best service to its customer. In this case, the
trustor is referred to as the customer. Integrity refers to the trustee's adherence to ideal
principles, whereas predictability refers to a trustee's potential behavior. According to
Pi, Liao, Liu, and Lee (2011), trust is essential in consumers' purchasing intentions.
Gefen and Straub (2004) stated that trust could reduce social uncertainty during the
product and service distribution process while at the same time increasing consumers'
willingness to purchase from the seller. Trust has a positive relationship with the
retention of consumers (Damia & Syafiqah, 2020). Trust was a positive predictor of
consumer intention to make repeat purchases (Chiu, Huang, & Yen, 2010). We
hypothesize:
H2: Perceived trust is positively related to consumer purchase intention.
Perceived Convenience
In marketing theory, the concept of convenience refers to the categorization of
products. Convenient products are launched to minimize customers' time and effort
while purchasing and owning a product (Yale & Venkatesh, 1986). It is viewed as a
consumer resource rather than a service attribute: therefore, convenience is important
in marketing (Farquhar & Rowley, 2009). It was proved that having simple access to
complete product information facilitates a user's purchase decision (Akbar & James,
2014). Hence, it is hypothesized that:
H3: Perceived convenience is positively related to consumer purchase intention.
Customer Satisfaction
In simple terms, customer satisfaction is defined as the level of purchasing experience
in a retail outlet when the customer's expected service level is met with the retailer
outlet's actual service (Jeevananda, 2011). It is also known as the summary
psychological state that occurs when the emotion of surrounding disconfirmed
expectations is coupled with prior feelings regarding the customer experience
(Sallaudin & Shamsudin, 2019). Customer satisfaction has a very positive relationship
with consumer retention (Damia & Shafiqah, 2020). The higher the rate of consumer
retention, the higher the purchase intention. As such,
H4: Customer satisfaction is positively related to consumer purchase intention.
Yo et al. (2021) reported that perceived ease of use and perceived convenience have
a positive relationship with customer satisfaction. We also predict that perceived
usefulness, trust, and convenience may positively influence customer satisfaction. We
hypothesize:
H6: Perceived usefulness is positively related to customer satisfaction.
H7: Perceived trust is positively related to customer satisfaction.
H8: Perceived convenience is positively related to customer satisfaction.
Customer Loyalty
Gronholdt, Martensen, and Kristensen (2000) concluded that customer loyalty is a
function of customer satisfaction, and the company's financial performance is affected
by the customer's loyalty. One of the key factors influencing customer loyalty is
customer satisfaction (Aktepe, Ersöz & Toklu, 2015; Kee et al., 2021; Wong & Zhou,
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2006). In addition, Straker, Wrigley, and Rosemann (2015) also supported these views
by stating that the outstanding positive experiences lead to affirmative behaviors in
companies' and firms' activities making customers loyal to organizations' products and
services. According to Cronin and Taylor (1992) and Tsoukatos and Rand (2006),
customer loyalty is influenced by the service quality provided by the seller. This
association has been ratified, and the study has demonstrated the importance of
service quality in achieving customer satisfaction, which leads to customer loyalty
(Kim, Park, & Jeong, 2004; Kuo, Wu, & Deng, 2009; Santouridis & Trivellas, 2010;
Turel & Serenko, 2006). Research has revealed that trust between the customer and
the service provider boosts a customer's loyalty towards a company, leading to repeat
purchases (Sallaudin et al., 2019).
H5: Customer loyalty is positively related to consumer purchase intention.
We also predict that perceived usefulness, trust, and convenience may positively
influence customer loyalty. As such, we hypothesize:
H9: Perceived usefulness is positively related to customer loyalty.
H10: Perceived trust is positively related to customer loyalty.
H11: Perceived convenience is positively related to customer loyalty.
Kee et al. (2021) reported that customer satisfaction might lead to brand loyalty. Based
on this argument, we propose that customer satisfaction has a positive relationship
with customer loyalty. As such:
H12: Customer satisfaction is positively related to customer loyalty.
RESEARCH METHOD
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There were four questions about gender, age, nationality, and employment status in
the demographic profile. Then, the respondents were asked whether they had been to
99 Speedmart, its frequency, and whether they enjoyed the purchase experience.
In the second part, all questions were in Likert scale form. Seven scales ranged from
1 to 7, representing strongly disagree, disagree, slightly disagree, neutral, slightly
agree, agree, and strongly agree. These Likert scales measure the six variables of
perceived usefulness, trust, convenience, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and
purchase intention. All variables except perceived usefulness have four questions,
while other variables have three questions each. In this part, we will see how the
dependent variable reacts with the independent variable. We will indicate the
relationship between purchase intention with the other five variables. Each pair of
variables form one hypothesis. Therefore, we had twelve hypotheses in our research:
H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, H10, H11 and H12. Each hypothesis described
the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Finally, we
determined whether each hypothesis is accepted or rejected based on the SPSS part.
RESULTS
Gender
Female 79 52.67
Male 71 47.33
Age 40 26.67
Below 21 years old 83 55.33
21-30 years old 18 12.00
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Nationality
Chinese 11 7.33
Indian 2 1.33
Indonesian 1 0.67
Kuwaiti 3 2.00
Malaysian 133 88.67
Employment Status
Public/Private 52 34.67
Self Employed 19 12.67
Student 71 47.33
Unemployed 8 5.33
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No. of Items 4 3 2 3 3 3
Note: N=150; *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. Diagonal entries indicate Cronbach's
coefficient
DISCUSSION
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The purchase intention represents the possibility that consumers will plan to purchase
a certain product or service in the future. Table 3 indicates that purchase intention
among consumers was statistically related to perceived usefulness, convenience, and
customer loyalty with beta values of 0.231, 0.158, and 0.352. The relationship between
perceived usefulness, perceived convenience, and customer loyalty was positively
associated with consumer purchase intention. Hence, H1, H3, and H5 were all
supported. The value of the coefficient of determination (r2) is 0.58, which shows that
58% of the variation in the dependent variable would be affected by the independent
variables. We discovered that customer loyalty has the highest beta value (0.352),
followed by perceived usefulness (0.231) and perceived convenience (0.158).
Perceived trust and customer satisfaction did not significantly influence customer
purchase intention at 99 Speedmart in Malaysia. As a result, this result implies that H2
and H4 are not supported.
Over the last decade, researchers have paid close attention to the concept of trust,
particularly in organizational theory and marketing (Garbarino & Johnson, 2009). This
principle can be examined at various levels of social engagement, including
interpersonal, intergroup, and inter-organizational interactions. Our findings indicate
that customer loyalty positively correlates with perceived trust but has no relation to
perceived usefulness and convenience. The relationship between perceived trust was
strong positive relationship with customer loyalty with beta values of 0.744.
Consequently, H10 was accepted. The value of the coefficient of determination (r 2) is
0.707, indicating that the independent variables account for 70.7% of the variation in
the dependent variable (customer loyalty) and would be affected by the independent
variables (perceived trust). According to the findings, perceived usefulness and
perceived convenience have not influenced customer loyalty to 99 Speedmart in
Malaysia. As a result, this result implies that H9 and H11 are not accepted.
Brand loyalty is generated when consumers are strongly attached to a specific brand,
as is customary. Loyal customers have a positive attitude toward the company,
purchase from it regularly, and recommend it to others (Levy & Hino, 2016). The
study's result also illustrates that there is a strong positive relationship between
customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Since the beta value for customer
satisfaction towards customer loyalty was 0.745, H12 was supported. The coefficient
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of determination (r2) is 0.554, showing that the independent variables would affect
55.4% of the variation in the dependent variable.
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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DECLARATION OF CONFLICTING INTERESTS
We declare no potential conflicts of interest concerning the study, authorship, and/or
publication of this article.
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