Abstract:
ABSTRACT
This research aimed to: 1) compare the purchasing decision of residential security equipment as classified by personal factors; 2) compare the purchasing decision of residential security equipment as classified by purchasing behavior; 3) study the marketing mix factors affecting the purchasing decision of residential security equipment; and 4) study the guidelines for developing marketing mix of residential security equipment in Nakhon Pathom Province. Mixed method was used in this study. The sample was 400 service users of security equipment installment, derived by convenient sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire with the acceptable level of content validity and reliability. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Regarding qualitative research, data were collected from an interview of 2 security equipment distributors, derived by purposive sampling, and were analyzed by content analysis.
The research results were as follows:
1. The service users of security equipment installment with differences in gender, age, status, education level, income, and occupation had no differences in purchasing decision on residential security equipment.
2. The service users of security equipment installment with differences in person influencing purchasing decision had differences in purchasing decision of residential security equipment with statistical significance.
3. The influence on service marketing mix affecting purchasing decision of residential security equipment were physical characteristics (b = 0.25), service process (b = 0.11), and price (b = 0.05) with the predictive power at the percentage of 34. The equation was as follows:
Y ̂ = 1.84 + 0.05(X1) + 0.05*(X2) + 0.04(X3) + 0.06(X4) + 0.11**(X5) + 0.01(X6) + 0.25**(X7).
4. The guideline for developing the marketing mix of residential security equipment was giving importance to physical characteristics, service process, and price in response to customers need and arranging the marketing mixes to meet customers needs to create competitive advantages.