RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The ideal companion: the role of mobile phone attachment in travel purchase intention A1 Rodríguez Torrico, Paula A1 Prodanova, Jana A1 San Martín Gutiérrez, Sonia A1 Jiménez Torres, Nadia Huitzilin K1 Attachment K1 Mobile phone K1 Personal K1 Environmental K1 Purchase K1 Travel K1 Comercio K1 Commerce K1 Gestión de empresas K1 Industrial management AB Mobile phones have become a highly personal tool for individuals and haverevolutionized many aspects of travellers’ lives. Indeed, mobile phones canbe considered an integral part of travellers’ trip routines, thus engenderingstrong feelings of attachment to them. Following the stimulus–organism–response model, this paper analyses how certain stimuli (travellers’addiction to their device, perceived control, perceived entertainment, andsubjective norms) influence travellers’ mobile phone attachment (MPA)and intention to purchase travel using the device. The results of thismodel show the importance of personal and environmental factors inincreasing MPA and reveal how this attachment positively influencesintention toward mobile shopping for travel-related purchases. This workproposes a model in both the mobile and travel contexts with MPA as thecentral variable. As such, this paper contributes to the academic literatureand yields several recommendations for business practice. PB Taylor & Francis SN 1368-3500 YR 2019 FD 2019-07 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5290 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5290 LA eng NO Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (ECO2017-82107-R). DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 22-dic-2024