Enhancing the role of flow experience in social media usage and its impact on shopping
- Authors
- Hyun, Hyowon; Thavisay, Toulany; Lee, Suk Hyung
- Issue Date
- Mar-2022
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Social media for shopping; Flow experience; TAM; Moderating effect of social variables
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES, v.65, pp.1 - 12
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- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
- Volume
- 65
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/189165
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102492
- ISSN
- 0969-6989
- Abstract
- Online retailers are eager to find the answers to the following questions: How relevant is SNS usage to consumer shopping decisions? Is the information shared on SNS likely to influence users' shopping decisions? This study is designed to answer these questions via essential factors based on flow theory and TAM. The moderating effects of some social factors were also explored. The data was collected from U.S SNS users, and SEM was performed and a research model estimated. The findings reveal that flow experience of SNS usage for shopping, perceived ease of use of SNS, and perceived usefulness of information shared on SNS exert positive and significant effects on consumer intention to shop on SNS. Particularly, flow experience directly and positively determines shopping intention and shares positive and significant impacts with TAM. Furthermore, the perceived usefulness is highly important relative to the perceived ease of use. Social identity, group norm, and social influence also positively moderate the links between flow experience, TAM, and SNS usage intention for shopping. Very few theoretical studies have discussed SNS usage behavior for shopping based on flow theory or validated its relationship with TAM in the SNS shopping context. A validated model of consumers' actual usage of SNS for shopping proves that experience drives the success of social commerce. The findings provide current information and important aspects to firms that operate SNS commerce, allowing them to adjust their marketing strategies to serve consumers better.
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