• DocumentCode
    668583
  • Title

    Research on the relationships between hotel internet word-of-mouth and customers´ behavior intention based on trust

  • Author

    Liuying Huang ; Jiaping Shao ; Wenwen Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Tourism Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    23-24 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    250
  • Lastpage
    254
  • Abstract
    Combined with literature review, questionnaire survey, statistical analysis and interdisciplinary research, the paper aims to propose a theoretically integrated framework deciphering the relationship between internet word-of-mouth and customers´ behavior intention. Based on the literature review and this paper´s background, the research model is designed. And then collect survey data through questionnaires, and analyze the research data with SPSS 18.0 & AMOS 17.0. As the result, the study obtains with the theoretical and practical values: (1) The factors of Internet Word of Mouth spread channels, including openness, relationship strength, atmosphere characteristic and authority have influence on customers´ behavior intention, in which trust play an intermediary role. (2) The own factors of internet word-of-mouth, including the interests of word of mouth, the number of word of mouth, and the tone of word of mouth impact customers´ behavior intention by the trust. And the usefulness of word of mouth and the interaction of word of mouth affect customer behavior intention directly. Finally, the management and marketing advices have been proposed for hotel, including converting the ideas and direction of network marketing, improving and extending the hotel workflow chain, enhancing effective communication with the hotel customers.
  • Keywords
    Internet; consumer behaviour; data analysis; hotel industry; marketing data processing; security of data; statistical analysis; AMOS 17.0; SPSS 18.0; atmosphere characteristic; authority; customers behavior intention; effective communication enhancement; hotel Internet word-of-mouth spread channels; hotel workflow chain; interdisciplinary research; literature review; management advices; marketing advices; network marketing direction; openness; questionnaire survey; relationship strength; statistical analysis; survey data collection; trust; Atmospheric modeling; Educational institutions; Internet; Mathematical model; Mouth; Reliability; Behavioral intention; Internet Word-of-Mouth; Network Marketing; Trust; hotel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2013 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xi´an
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3985-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIII.2013.6703132
  • Filename
    6703132