A study of factors affecting consumer behavioural intentions towards adoption of gamification

Title

A study of factors affecting consumer behavioural intentions towards adoption of gamification

Creator

Gupta R.; Mathad K.

Description

Advanced technology with a high degree of accessibility of the Internet across countries has led to the emergence of e-commerce and m-commerce. The global brands and the start-ups are equally attracted to this change in the way the goods and services can be marketed, making market access through the Internet a core part of the strategy for marketers. The same has led to various digital promotional techniques for customer engagement. Among various digital promotional techniques, gamification is one technique where customers are expected to play online games to win the reward points for getting discounts for their purchases. An attempt was made to identify various factors influencing the consumer behavioural intentions towards adoption of gamification as one of the means to get products at discounted prices. In this study, factor analysis was used to find the major factors that influence the consumer behavioural intentions to adopt gamification as one of the digital promotional techniques. The study found eight major factors that influence the adoption of gamification, they are Personal Perspective, Usefulness, Easy to Use, Price Consciousness, Perceived Critical Mass, Flow Experience, Awareness, and Personal Innovativeness. This study brought in a different perspective by exploring the role of possible factors influencing gamification adoption in the Indian market, helping marketers, the major factors, and their influence on the consumer's behavioural intentions of adoption of gamification as one of the digital promotion techniques.

Source

Indian Journal of Marketing, Vol-47, No. 7, pp. 7-19.

Date

2017-01-01

Publisher

Associated Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Subject

Awareness; Easy to use; Gamification; Perceived critical mass; Personal innovativeness; Personal perspective; Price consciousness; Usefulness

Coverage

Gupta R., Institute of Management and Science, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, 560 083, India; Mathad K., Institute of Management, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560 029, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 9738703

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.17010/ijom/2017/v47/i7/116471

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