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A meta-analytic structural equation model for understanding social commerce adoption

Yes / Social commerce (s-commerce) has gained prominence with advances in social media and social networking technologies over
the last decade. Prior research has employed diverse theoretical perspectives to understand and explain consumer behavior within
s-commerce but has also produced inconsistent results. This study integrates different theoretical perspectives including trust,
social support, and social presence. The research portrays an integrated research model involving factors that impact behavioral
intention and use behavior of s-commerce consumers whilst synthesizing prior empirical findings. A meta-analytic structural
equation modeling (MASEM) method was used to synthesize 189 findings reported in 68 s-commerce studies and to analyze the
structural model. Our findings show that trust and informational support have positive effects on behavioral intention while trust
and emotional support have positive effects on use behavior. Furthermore, our findings highlight that behavioral intention
influences use behavior and mediates the effect of trust and informational support on use behavior. The implications for research
and practice are discussed in detail.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/18619
Date17 September 2021
CreatorsDwivedi, Y.K., Ismagilova, Elvira, Sarker, P., Jeyaraj, A., Jadil, Y., Hughes, L.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Published version
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