Consumer innovativeness, innovation characteristics, and consumer resistance to innovation: A communication perspective from the public sector universities

  • Mazhar Abbas*
  • , Syed Hassan Raza
  • , Basheer M. Al-Ghazali
  • , Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Alaghbari
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Innovation generates significant benefits for business, the economy, and society as a whole. An innovative product brings significant benefits and improved features to the market. This study aims to explore the effect of innovation characteristics on consumer resistance to innovation in the Smartphone industry. The data have been collected from 310 university students in Pakistan. The findings revealed that factors of innovation characteristics (relative advantage, perceived risk, and e-word of mouth) have significant relationships with consumer resistance to innovation. Consumer innovativeness has shown the moderating effect on the relationships between innovation characteristics and consumer resistance to innovation. Limitations of the study, implications for theory and practice, and future research directions have been discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2668
JournalJournal of Public Affairs
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2022

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

  • E-WOM
  • Students
  • communication
  • innovation
  • innovativeness
  • perceived risk
  • relative advantage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Administration
  • Political Science and International Relations

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