How does authenticity enhance flow experience through perceived value and involvement: the moderating roles of innovation and cultural identity

ABSTRACT

This study provided a new multiple mediation-moderation model to explore how authenticity may enhance the flow experience through the function of perceived value and involvement. Data from 605 tourists were collected, and the results indicate that cognition (i.e. perceived value) and behavior (i.e. involvement) of tourists is an important mechanism linking the relationship between authenticity and flow experience. Moreover, this study also finds that innovation and culture are two critical moderators, which offers evidence that the flow experience will be enhanced when the tourists have a higher level of innovation and cultural identity.

KEYWORDS:

• Flow experience
• authenticity
• innovation
• cultural identity
• perceived value

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.