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Don’t Confuse Me! The Effect of Self-
Construal on the Relationship between
Context Visual Complexity and Enjoyment
Nesenur Altinigne and Elif Karaosmanoglu
Abstract This study focuses on the complexity of atmospheric cues in online
retailing. It tries to answer how context visual complexity of an online retailing Web
site affects enjoyment of consumers. Furthermore, it asks whether other intervening
variables (i.e., processing fuency and perceived control, self-construal) affect the
relationship between visual complexity and enjoyment. The results indicate that an
e-retailer Web site is evaluated as more enjoyable when presented in low visual
complexity than high visual complexity. Also, mediating roles of processing fuency
and perceived control are assured. Furthermore, the fndings suggest that in low
context visual complexity condition, the respondents with interdependent self-
construal experience more perceived control compared to the ones with independent
self-construal; in high context visual complexity condition, the respondents primed
with independent self-construal experience more perceived control compared to the
interdependent ones.
Keywords E-retailing · Visual complexity · Processing fuency · Self-control ·
Perceived control
Introduction
The past decade has seen increasing interest in the application of innovative tech-
nologies in retail domains to improve sales. Leading retailers are adopting these
technologies to improve shopping experience and customer relationship to drive
sales (Bodhani 2013). Different forms of technologies (e.g., Internet, augmented
reality, and smartphone applications) and cross-channel marketing strategies seem
N. Altinigne (*)
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
e-mail: nesenur.altinigne@bilgi.edu.tr
E. Karaosmanoglu
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
e-mail: karaosman5@itu.edu.tr