Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia

Social commerce emerged from e-commerce due to the growth of social media usage in present day where people actively contribute in sharing their experience on social commerce through such platforms. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect consumers purchase intention on soci...

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Main Author: Nur Ain, Bahari
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Published: 2021
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spelling my-uum-etd.94532022-06-01T07:14:30Z Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia 2021 Nur Ain, Bahari Ku Bahador, Ku Maisurah Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy (TISSA) Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy (TISSA) HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior. Social commerce emerged from e-commerce due to the growth of social media usage in present day where people actively contribute in sharing their experience on social commerce through such platforms. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in Northern Malaysia. The current study adopted Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to generate a research framework. The objectives of study are to examine the impact of information richness, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and social commerce constructs towards consumers purchase intention. A survey was distributed through online questionnaire focuses on university students in Northern Malaysia namely UUM, UniMAP and UiTM Kedah. A total of 367 data was collected and used for analyses purpose using PLS-SEM tools. The findings of this study indicate information richness, perceived usefulness, social commerce constructs and trust has significant positive influence on consumers purchase intention. However, perceived ease of use shows insignificant result in current study. The implication, limitation and recommendations for future studies were further discussed. 2021 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9453/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9453/1/s827372_01.pdf text eng 2024-09-06 staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9453/2/s827372_02.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor Ku Bahador, Ku Maisurah
topic HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior.
spellingShingle HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior.
Nur Ain, Bahari
Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia
description Social commerce emerged from e-commerce due to the growth of social media usage in present day where people actively contribute in sharing their experience on social commerce through such platforms. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in Northern Malaysia. The current study adopted Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to generate a research framework. The objectives of study are to examine the impact of information richness, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and social commerce constructs towards consumers purchase intention. A survey was distributed through online questionnaire focuses on university students in Northern Malaysia namely UUM, UniMAP and UiTM Kedah. A total of 367 data was collected and used for analyses purpose using PLS-SEM tools. The findings of this study indicate information richness, perceived usefulness, social commerce constructs and trust has significant positive influence on consumers purchase intention. However, perceived ease of use shows insignificant result in current study. The implication, limitation and recommendations for future studies were further discussed.
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title Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia
title_short Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia
title_full Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia
title_fullStr Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting consumers purchase intention on social commerce among university students in northern Malaysia
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