The Role of Consumer Knowledge in the Privacy Paradox of Personalised Advertising

Zahirović Miralem (), Marić Esmeralda () and Husić-Mehmedović Melika ()
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Zahirović Miralem: Miralem Zahirović, MA, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marić Esmeralda: Esmeralda Marić, MA, Teaching assistant, School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Husić-Mehmedović Melika: Melika Husić-Mehmedović, PhD, Full Professor, School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Trg oslobođenja – Alija Izetbegović 1, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 2024, vol. 19, issue 2, 46-59

Abstract: Current literature on the privacy paradox in personalised advertising lacks insight into how consumers’ knowledge of the data types used shapes their responses to these ads. Building on privacy calculus theory, theory of reasoned action, and signalling theory, this research explores how consumers’ knowledge of data types in personalised advertising influences their reactions. Multigroup path analysis examines differences in established relationships based on consumers’ data knowledge. The moderating effect of this knowledge in the relationship between perceived invasiveness and purchase intentions is also tested. Findings from a sample of millennials indicate that privacy concerns increase perceived invasiveness. However, multigroup and moderation analyses reveal that perceived invasiveness’ impact on purchase intentions varies with consumers’ data knowledge. Specifically, in the search history group, perceived intrusiveness negatively affects purchase intentions. These results underscore the situation-specific nature of the privacy calculus and assist advertisers in understanding consumer behaviour in response to personalised ads.

Keywords: personalised advertising; privacy calculus; consumer knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2478/jeb-2024-0015

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