Open AccessOlder Adults’ Travel Website Usage and Their Wellbeing Perception
Author(s) -
Insin Kim,
Eunji Han,
Eunkyung Joo,
Junhyung Kim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of business administration and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2412-4346
DOI - 10.24178/ijbamr.2017.3.1.17
Subject(s) - perception , psychology , linkage (software) , conceptual model , survey data collection , applied psychology , social psychology , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , database , neuroscience , gene
—This study attempts to identify the impacts of older adults’ innovativeness on parasocial interaction, and examine the linkage between PSI and well-being perception. The 201 U.S. elderlyparticipated in survey conducted from online research survey firm. The conceptual suggested model was tested by the data collected from users of travel websites. The results found thatinnovativeness negatively influenced on PSI. Furthermore, older adults’parasocial interaction was found to generatetheir well-being perception. Managerial and academic implications and direction of future research were provided.