Abstract
Driven by the proliferation of augmented reality (AR) technologies, many firms are pursuing a strategy of service augmentation to enhance customers’ online service experiences. Drawing on situated cognition theory, the authors show that AR-based service augmentation enhances customer value perceptions by simultaneously providing simulated physical control and environmental embedding. The resulting authentic situated experience, manifested in a feeling of spatial presence, functions as a mediator and also predicts customer decision comfort. Furthermore, the effect of spatial presence on utilitarian value perceptions is greater for customers who are disposed toward verbal rather than visual information processing, and the positive effect on decision comfort is attenuated by customers’ privacy concerns.
| Original language | English |
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| Peer-reviewed scientific journal | Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 884-905 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISSN | 0092-0703 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article - refereed |
Keywords
- 512 Business and Management
- Augmented reality
- Online service experience
- Service marketing strategy
- Situated cognition
- Spatial presence