The Effect of the Attractiveness of Mobile Music Applications on the Level of User Loyalty

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between application attractiveness and loyalty to mobile music applications. The application attractiveness is operationalized into four dimensions: richness of music contents, music app design quality, music app functionality, and promotion. The hypotheses are postulated and tested using a sample of 370 student respondents from Henan Polytechnic University and Henan Institute of Technology, China. The result shows that there is a positive correlation between loyalty and three application attractiveness aspects: richness of music contents, music app design quality and music app functionality. Based on the results of this study, the research put forward constructive suggestions about improving mobile music application loyalty. Finally, several conclusions, managerial suggestions, limitations and future research are proposed.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
• 3. Research Model and Hypothesis
• 4. Method and Results
• 5. Conclusions
• References

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