Department of Clothing and Textiles, Hanyang University
Corresponding Author:
Jae Ok Park ,Tel: +82-2-2220-1194, Fax: +82-2-2220-1194, Email: jaepark@hanyang.ac.kr
Received: April 23, 2010; Revised: May 7, 2010 Accepted: August 31, 2010.
ABSTRACT
This study attempted to determine how the subjective knowledge related to a consumer's life cycle influences their information search in the decision making process. The data was collected using a total of 349 questionnaires for the final analysis of this study. SPSS 12.0 for windows was used for the data analysis and the detailed analyses included descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability tests, one way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis and t-tests. The results of this study showed that there are differences in the subdivisions of subjective knowledge of apparel according to the consumer's life cycle and there is a difference in the types of information searches according to the consumer's subjective knowledge, and the subdivisions of subjective knowledge of the consumers influence their information search. This study showed that although it affected the internal search, the media search, and the store search, it did not influence the personal search in the decision making process.
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