Fatigue in the Digital Speed of Consumption: The Effects of Time Scarcity and Motivations on Sharing Behavior
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18166310Parole chiave:
time scarity, tourist fatigue, hedonic motivation, utilitarian motivation, social media sharingAbstract
This study investigates the relationships between perceived time scarcity, tourist fatigue, hedonic and utilitarian motivations, and social media sharing intention in the context of digital travel experiences. Conducted in Side, Antalya — a popular coastal destination in Türkiye — the research collected data from domestic and international leisure tourists who had engaged in social media sharing during or after their trip. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the hypothesized relationships among the variables. The findings revealed that perceived time scarcity has a significant and positive effect on both hedonic and utilitarian motivations, supporting prior theories that emphasize the impact of scarcity on consumer behavior. However, perceived time scarcity did not significantly influence tourist fatigue. Likewise, tourist fatigue showed no significant effect on either hedonic or utilitarian motivations. Contrary to theoretical expectations, neither hedonic nor utilitarian motivations demonstrated a significant direct effect on social media sharing intention. Mediation analyses using bootstrap resampling confirmed that the indirect effects of tourist fatigue on social media sharing intention, via both types of motivation, were not supported. Although the proposed model achieved excellent fit indices, the hypothesized pathways largely remained unsupported, indicating the complex nature of motivational and behavioral dynamics in tourism settings. The study highlights the importance of contextual factors in understanding tourist behavior and suggests that future research should explore additional variables, including cultural influences and digital engagement factors, to deepen insights into social media sharing behaviors among travelers.
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