Does attachment to a third place influence individual behaviours across different geographical scales?: The case of the Imagination Station.

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dc.contributor.authorHuang, Yuying
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-26T23:10:52Z
dc.date.available2021-09-26T23:10:52Z
dc.date.issued2021en
dc.description.abstractCivil society requires the provision of distinctive public places for informal public gatherings in order to nurture human associations and relationships. Such spaces are often described as ‘third places’. Growing evidence has shown that the third places have significant impacts on their vicinity and can contribute to urban regeneration. Third places can not only provide the public gathering places for relaxation and socialisation but also influence individual behavioural intentions at different geographical scales. The current study focused on a third place, namely the Imagination Station, located in the Tūranga Library in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand and investigated the relationships between perceived servicescapes and behavioural intentions at different geographical scales, mediated by place attachment. Following a review of the literature on place attachment, perceived physical and social servicescapes, and behavioural intentions across different geographical scales, this study established a theoretical framework based on the Stimulus-Organism-Response paradigm. From 406 valid questionnaires completed by the adult visitors of the Imagination Station, the results indicated that both perceived physical and social servicescapes of third places could influence the individual’s behavioural intentions at different geographical scales via the mediating role of place attachment. Specifically, perceived physical servicescapes in non- manipulable object spaces can positively and indirectly influence behavioural intentions across different geographical scales through the mediating role of place attachment. Physical appearance of perceived social servicescape in non-manipulable object spaces can positively and indirectly influence purchase intention in non-manipulable object spaces and desire to stay, mediating by place attachment. Place attachment also had a direct and negative effect on revisit intention in environmental spaces. This study has theoretical implications by extending the literature related to place attachment, perceived servicescapes, third places, and urban regeneration, as well as practical implications for individual, organisational, and destination resilience especially in post-disaster areas. Limitations and future research avenues are also detailed.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/102579
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/11693
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterburyen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserveden
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectplace attachment, third place, servicescape, behavioural intention, urban servicesen
dc.titleDoes attachment to a third place influence individual behaviours across different geographical scales?: The case of the Imagination Station.en
dc.typeTheses / Dissertationsen
thesis.degree.disciplineMarketingen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Commerceen
uc.bibnumber3095217
uc.collegeUC Business Schoolen
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