Open AccessTHE INFLUENCE OF EWOM THROUGH INSTAGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA ON ONLINE PURCHASE INTENTION OF PRODUCTS: STUDY IN THE CITY OF BATAM
Author(s) -
Catheline Catheline,
Didi Sundiman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jurnal terapan manajemen dan bisnis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2599-3127
pISSN - 2477-5282
DOI - 10.26737/jtmb.v5i2.2163
Subject(s) - social media , structural equation modeling , advertising , psychology , sample (material) , altruism (biology) , moral obligation , business , social psychology , computer science , political science , world wide web , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning , law
In general, this study aims to determine the effect of eWOM through social media Instagram on the purchase intention of products online in Batam City. This study uses a quantitative approach. The sample in this study amounted to 113 respondents who were users of social media Instagram. This research instrument using a questionnaire and analyzed using techniques Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of the SmartPLS 2.0 program. The results of this study indicate that trust, informational influence, moral obligation have significant involvement in eWOM, but the altruism variable does not have a significant effect on eWOM through social media Instagram and eWOM through social media Instagram has a strong influence on purchase intention of products online in Batam City. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the exchange of information through eWOM can lead to consumer buying interest.