FACTORS INFLUENCING KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOR AND CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENTION THROUGH SOCIAL COMMERCE PLATFORM: A PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Thadathibesra Phuthong Faculty of Management Science, Silpakorn University
  • Tidathip Panrod Faculty of Management Science, Silpakorn University
  • Kantitat Chongchua Faculty of Management Science, Silpakorn University

Keywords:

Knowledge Sharing Behavior, Consumers’ Purchase Intention, Social Commerce Platform

Abstract

This research aims to study 1) the factors that influencing knowledge sharing behavior and consumers’ purchase intention through social commerce platform and
2) to demonstrate the causal model of factors that influencing knowledge sharing behavior and consumers’ purchase intention through social commerce platform. The samples are 310 who had experience using the social commerce platform for purchasing goods.
The research instrument was a questionnaire. The Structural Equation Model were analyzed by employing the Partial Least Squares technique. The results found that perceived benefit was the most influential factor that positively affects knowledge sharing behavior, followed by the relationship capital, respectively. And knowledge sharing behavior had a positive effect on consumers’ purchase intention through social commerce platform. The perceived benefits and relationship capital had a positive direct effect on the knowledge sharing behavior and had a positive indirect effect on consumers’ purchase intention through the social commerce platform. Moreover, the knowledge sharing behavior had a positive direct effect on consumers’ purchase intention through the social commerce platform. Finally, the implications of the findings and suggestions for
the entrepreneurs related to online businesses through an online platform in enhancing knowledge sharing behavior that leads to the increasing of consumers’ purchase intention through social commerce platform.

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2020-12-29

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Phuthong, T., Panrod, T., & Chongchua, K. (2020). FACTORS INFLUENCING KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOR AND CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENTION THROUGH SOCIAL COMMERCE PLATFORM: A PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSIS. Journal of Liberal Arts and Management Science Kasetsart University, 7(2), 70–87. Retrieved from https://so14.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jlams/article/view/93

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