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the hedonic aspects of the online shopping experience and males should be more sensible to its<br />

utilitarian aspects.<br />

H 5 : The relationship between online shopping hedonic <strong>value</strong> and <strong>satisfaction</strong> will be<br />

stronger for females than males<br />

H 6 : The relationship between online shopping utilitarian <strong>value</strong> and <strong>satisfaction</strong> will be<br />

stronger for males than for females<br />

H 7 : Online shopping hedonic <strong>value</strong> should be stronger for females<br />

H 8 : Online shopping utilitarian <strong>value</strong> should be stronger for males<br />

Online shopping<br />

hedonic <strong>value</strong><br />

Online shopping<br />

utilitarian <strong>value</strong><br />

Research methods<br />

Experience<br />

Shopping orientation<br />

Gender<br />

Figure 2 – Conceptual framework<br />

Satisfaction<br />

An experiment manipulated the shopping purpose over two levels. 417 undergraduate and<br />

graduate business students participated in the study. Four electronic catalogs from online travel<br />

agencies were selected as stimuli for the study: online travel agencies were selected because travel<br />

is among the most successful product on the web. In order to test the links between online shopping<br />

<strong>value</strong>s and consumer <strong>satisfaction</strong>, each subject had to visit two electronic catalogs and then respond<br />

to a questionnaire. To avoid any bias, subjects who had already visited the electronic catalog were<br />

excluded from the sample, the final sample is of 322 students, 142 females and 180 males.<br />

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