Integrating functional, social, and psychological determinants to explain online social networking usage

Yap, Sheau Fen; Gaur, Sanjaya Singh

doi:10.1080/0144929x.2015.1035336

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“…Most importantly, the impact and intensity varied across different cultures. Yap and Gaur (2016), in their paper on social networking usage, also asserted that findings cannot be generalised because regions are culturally different. Therefore, findings retrieved from the Taiwanese context (where blogs are a popular social media type) or the Western context may not be applicable on a multiracial, multireligion and multicultural society like Malaysia and in particular, the state of Sabah where blogs are still building their existence.…”

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Antecedents of Consumer Attitude towards Blogger Recommendations and its Impact on Purchase Intention

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Ming²

2018

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Manuscript type: Research paper. Research aims: This study aims to fill in the literature gap by examining the relationship between various antecedent factors affecting consumer attitude towards blogger recommendations and their purchase intention. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: A total of 384 questionnaires were collected and analysed using the partial least squares (PLS) approach. Research findings: The results highlight the relationships existing between consumer attitude and the antecedent factors namely, perceived usefulness, trustworthiness, information quality and perceived benefits. The study also confirms the mediation role of consumer attitude towards blogger recommendations. Most importantly, consumer attitude towards blogger recommendations is found to have significant influence on consumer purchase intention. Theoretical contributions/ Originality: This study provides a comprehensive empirical examination of the antecedent factors that contribute to consumer attitude towards blogger recommendations, previously examined by different researchers in separate studies. It is found that trustworthiness is the main factor contributing to consumer attitude towards blogger recommendations, followed by information quality, perceived usefulness and perceived benefits. Attitude towards blogger recommendations is found to have a strong

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Antecedents of Consumer Attitude towards Blogger Recommendations and its Impact on Purchase Intention

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2018

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“…SCT is better suited to study OSN compared to theories such as the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) since SCT recognises 'the complex nature of behavioural intention and the interaction between social cognitive processes and human behaviour' (Yap and Gaur 2016, 168). SCT has been applied widely by information systems researchers to study areas such as computer-based training (Compeau and Higgins 1995;Bolt, Killough, and Koh 2001), computer learning (Hasan and Ali 2004), computer self-efficacy (Pearson et al 2003;Hwang, Lee, and Shin 2016), web searching (Kuo et al 2004;Liaw et al 2006), virtual communities (Chiu, Hsu, and Wang 2006), mobile banking (Luarn and Lin 2005), information systems security (Lee, Larose, and Rifon 2008;Ifinedo 2014), knowledge sharing (Tsai and Cheng 2012), and online social networking (Wang, Xu, and Chan 2015;Yap and Gaur 2016) to name a few. Figure 1 presents a schematic model of SCT (Bandura 2001).…”

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“…Our study is one of the few that have used SCT to study behaviours related to OSN usage. By doing so, we add to extant IS literature (Wang, Xu, and Chan 2015;Yap and Gaur 2016) in this area. Wang, Xu, and Chan (2015) used SCT to understand OSN continuance use from a computer self-efficacy perspective.…”

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“…Wang, Xu, and Chan (2015) used SCT to understand OSN continuance use from a computer self-efficacy perspective. Yap and Gaur (2016) used SCT to understand OSN usage from a functional, social, and psychological perspective. While these two studies (Wang, Xu, and Chan 2015;Yap and Gaur 2016) have used OSN use as their dependent variable, we have used personal information misrepresentation intentions on OSN as our dependent variable.…”

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“…Yap and Gaur (2016) used SCT to understand OSN usage from a functional, social, and psychological perspective. While these two studies (Wang, Xu, and Chan 2015;Yap and Gaur 2016) have used OSN use as their dependent variable, we have used personal information misrepresentation intentions on OSN as our dependent variable. We believe that our use of misrepresentation intentions on OSN as our dependent variable represents a much-needed directional change in studying information sharing behaviours on OSN.…”

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Integrating functional, social, and psychological determinants to explain online social networking usage

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