Satisfaction and Continuance Intention of online information search Case example of Finnish travel information search
Research topic Effects of pre-purchase uncertainty and search strategy on purchase satisfaction and continuance intention to use online information search Internet usage experience with moderating effect
Proposed conceptual model
Empirical study Finnish travel information search Data collection Demographics Missing value analysis and multiple-imputation
Method of analysis Alternatives Correlation-based (linear regression, ANOVA and MANOVA), Covariance-based (SEM, Lisrel, Mplus, PLS) Method of choice: Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Structural Equation Modeling Process of using the method Exploratory Factor Analysis Measurement Model Structural Model Control effects Moderating effect of Internet usage: tested by Multi-group effect analysis
Step 1 Exploratory factor analysis
Step 2 Confirmatory factor analysis
Step 3: Structural model
Results of SEM
Results of SEM
Contributions of the research Purchase satisfaction < --- > Continuance intention of online search Pre-purchase uncertainty < --- > Purchase satisfaction Effects of Age and Education
Future research suggestions Different contexts of information search Up-to-date Industry Geography