A study on how Teenager?s influence their parents to purchase a two wheeler for their use: An Empirical Analysis Author: A.S.Mohanrama*, C.Madhavib a*Department of Management Studies, St.Joseph?s Collrege of Engineering, (Affiliated to Anna University), Mamallapuram Road, Chennai 600107, Cell 9940022016 Email Id: mohanram31@sify.com bReader, Annamalai University, Ann
Abstract:
The focus of this research is parent and child decisions about the purchase
of products used by teenagers especially the purchase behaviour, purchase
decision process and the response of parents. The research has been carried
out fewer than two headings: (1). Analysis of purchase behaviour of
teenagers and (2). Parent?s response on the purchase decision
Teenagers indulge consumer information search prior to decision-making.
After thoroughly obtaining the information about the two-wheeler, they
employ emotional strategy to materialize their purchase decision process.
It is also noted that teenagers? are also influenced by friends/peers.
Friends/peers are an important socializing influence, operate most
strongly in socio oriented communication pattern. Hence, for the purchase
of two wheeler, teenagers also employ logical strategy to achieve their
purchase decision. It was also identified that purchase behaviors of
teenagers are mainly related to decisional influence rather than
information search
Teenagers apply both emotional and logical reasoning while applying
their strategy on their parents for their purchase approval. Parents feel
that two wheeler is an essential item for the teenagers to go various places
in connection with their academic requirements like going to college,
library ,visiting their peers for subject clarifications etc. Also, possession
of two wheelers by the teenager will be of much use in the family also; as
such parents give positive response to the teenager?s for the purchase of
two wheelers.
Keywords:Purchase decision, Emotional strategy, Logical strategy,
Peer?s influence, Parent?s response
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International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 2 Issue:1)
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