Table 1 Most relevant studies to model and hypotheses.

From: Impulse control during the online shopping frenzy in China: the role of consumer inertia

Model/hypotheses

Description

Sources

Integrated model

A combination of the S-O-R framework and flow theory.

Ming et al. (2021) and Shiu et al. (2023)

H1

The direct impact of positive eWOM on impulse buying.

Baumeister (2002), Lamberton (2020) and Zhang et al. (2018)

H2a–c

The indirect effect of positive eWOM impulse buying: mediation of consumer inertia.

Chevalier and Mayzlin (2006), Kuo et al. (2013) and Shiu (2021)

H3 and H4

Interactions among three types of consumer inertia and the evolution under continuous stimulation.

Csikszentmihalyi (2020), Ming et al. (2021), Polites and Karahanna (2012)