First-class airline travelers' tendency to seek uniqueness: how does it influence their purchase of expensive tickets?
- Title
- First-class airline travelers' tendency to seek uniqueness: how does it influence their purchase of expensive tickets?
- Author
- 현성협
- Keywords
- Airline travelers; first-class flight; need for uniqueness; traveler attitude; product attachment; materialism
- Issue Date
- 2017-07
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF TRAVEL & TOURISM MARKETING, v. 34, no. 7, page. 935-947
- Abstract
- This study explored first-class airline travelers' need for uniqueness and its impact on their ticket purchase intentions. More specifically, the study investigated the roles of the three subdimensions of the need for uniqueness (i.e. creative choice, unpopular choice, and similarity avoidance) in the formation of travelers' attitudes toward first-class flights. Consumer attitudes toward first-class flights are hypothesized to increase status value, first-class attachment, and willingness to pay a premium. Based on theoretical relationships between conceptual constructs, the study proposed and tested a model using data from 202 first-class passengers in the United States. The results indicated that all three dimensions of the need for uniqueness positively affect airline travelers' attitudes toward first-class flights and thus enhanced outcome variables. Furthermore, it was found that materialism moderated the relationship between status value and first-class attachment.
- URI
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10548408.2016.1251376?journalCode=wttm20https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/114738
- ISSN
- 1054-8408; 1540-7306
- DOI
- 10.1080/10548408.2016.1251376
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- COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES[S](사회과학대학) > TOURISM(관광학부) > Articles
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