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A Study on Motivations and Determinants of College Students' On-line Bookstore Utilization

  • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
  • Abbr : JKLISS
  • 2006, 37(3), pp.59~73
  • Publisher : Korean Library And Information Science Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Jung, Hyun-Wook 1,  Kang Hye-Young 2

1원광대학교
2전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper was to empirically examine college students' on-line bookstore utilization status. The focus of this study was placed on three major issues. First, what are the college students' motivations in using on-line bookstore. Second, what are the major determinants of college students' on-line bookstore utilization. Third, how book genres are related to students' on-line bookstore utilization behavior. Data were collected from 215 college students during October 10, 2005 to October 17, 2005. The analyses showed following results: First, the college students' on-line bookstore utilization motivations were grouped into three areas-convenience motivation, interaction motivation, and information collecting motivation. Second, college students who were oriented toward convenience motivation, who were more interested in on-line bookstores, and who were more satisfied with on-line services, made more frequent visits to on-line bookstore sites. Third, college students who allocated less time to book readings showed a tendency of buying books through on-line bookstores. Finally, college students who were more interested in on-line bookstores showed more satisfaction and bought such various books as literature, hobby or practical books, foreign novels, and general readings. This finding suggests that in order to activate on-line bookstore business, book industries, especially the publishers and/or distributors, have to develop new ideas which can make an appeal to college students who are believed to be critical book readers.

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