An exploratory study of motives for Mexican nationals to shop in the US: More than meets the eye |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA;2. Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA;3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA;4. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA;1. Intelligent Information Service Research Team, Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Intelligent Information Service Research Team, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan;1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;3. Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan;4. School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;5. Institute of Clinical and Community Health Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan;8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan;9. Genomic Medicine Research Core Laboratory (GMRCL), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan;10. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;11. Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taipei, Taiwan;12. Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan;13. Gene Biodesign Co. Ltd, Taipei, Taiwan;14. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan;15. Department of Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Outshopping within a country's boundaries and international outshopping across national borders has been long researched. Previous studies have mainly focused on immediate (outer) motives as the fundamental reasons for outshopping. Building on this tradition, we categorized immediate motives for outshopping into the following four groups: (1) product quality, (2) service quality, (3) fashion consciousness, and (4) shopping enjoyment. Our results confirmed previous findings that those four motives are positively related to outshopping frequency. A point of departure from previous research, however, is that based on Hofstede's works 1980. Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA; 2001. Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations, second ed. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA] we identified four inner motives: (1) desire for showing off power, (2) desire for rule of law, (3) egoism, and (4) masculinity. Through structure modeling technique, these psychological needs that exist at a higher level not only influence the outer motives, but also have a direct impact on outshopping frequency. In other words, cross-border shopping can fulfill shoppers’ obvious secular needs existing at a low level, as well as their psychological needs hidden at a higher level. Although our study examined why Mexican nationals choose to shop in the US, the results are applicable to outshopping in general where shopping environments differ in terms of economic, social, and cultural development in different countries. Managerial and research implications are also discussed. |
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