Consumer perceptions of information helpfulness and determinants of purchase intention in online consumer reviews of services

Online consumer reviews offer an unprecedented amount of information for consumers to evaluate services before purchase. We use the dual process theory to investigate consumer perceptions about information helpfulness (IH) in electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) contexts. Results highlight that popularit...

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Main Authors: Filieri, R. (Author), Lin, Z. (Author), McLeay, F. (Author), Tsui, B. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2018
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520 3 |a Online consumer reviews offer an unprecedented amount of information for consumers to evaluate services before purchase. We use the dual process theory to investigate consumer perceptions about information helpfulness (IH) in electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) contexts. Results highlight that popularity signals, two-sided reviews, and expert sources (but not source trustworthiness) are perceived as helpful by consumers to assess service quality and performance. Although two-sided reviews exercise a significant influence on perceived IH, their influence on purchase intention was indirectly mediated by IH. IH predicts purchase intention and partially mediates the relationship between popularity signals, source homophily, source expertise, and purchase intention. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. 
650 0 4 |a Dual process theory 
650 0 4 |a Dual-process theories 
650 0 4 |a Electronic commerce 
650 0 4 |a Electronic word of mouth 
650 0 4 |a Electronic word of mouths 
650 0 4 |a Perceived information helpfulness 
650 0 4 |a Purchase intention 
650 0 4 |a Purchasing 
650 0 4 |a Sales 
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700 1 |a Lin, Z.  |e author 
700 1 |a McLeay, F.  |e author 
700 1 |a Tsui, B.  |e author 
773 |t Information and Management