Cash or Card: Consumer Perceptions of Payment Modes - Scholarly ...
Cash or Card: Consumer Perceptions of Payment Modes - Scholarly ...
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8.1: Introduction<br />
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Chapter Eight<br />
Conclusions, Contribution and Future Research<br />
Identifying a need f<strong>or</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e research to be conducted into payment mode effects, this thesis<br />
examined the notion that the physicality <strong>of</strong> the payment mode used to effect a transaction<br />
affects consumers’ perceptions and behaviour when purchasing products. To this end the<br />
cognitive and emotional associations that people have with payment modes were examined to<br />
ascertain if, and if they do, how these associations impact on payment mode choice and how<br />
the payment mode selected impacts on purchase behaviour. This chapter revisits the research<br />
questions introduced in Chapter 1 and shows how each <strong>of</strong> these was addressed. The<br />
the<strong>or</strong>etical, methodological, managerial and societal contributions <strong>of</strong> the research are<br />
outlined, and limitations <strong>of</strong> this present research explained. Finally, directions f<strong>or</strong> future<br />
research are proposed.<br />
8.2: Conclusion Related to the Research Questions<br />
This research set out to examine the cognitive and emotional associations that people have<br />
with payment modes and to ascertain if and how these associations impact on payment mode<br />
choice and how the payment mode selected impacts on purchase behaviour. To focus the<br />
study task, three research questions were f<strong>or</strong>med:<br />
� Do the cognitive and emotional elements that people associate with cash based<br />
payment mode, differ from those associated with a debit card based payment mode?<br />
� Does the payment mode used; affect the volume, value, brands/products purchased in<br />
a single transaction? If so, how?<br />
� Is there a link between the cognitive and emotional elements that people associate<br />
with payment modes and payment mode choice?