Introduction
Theoretical Background and Literature Review
Social Media Interactivity
Social Word of Mouth
Online Social Support
Social Word-of-Mouth Adoption
Research Model and Hypotheses
Direct Effect of Social Media Interactivity
Direct Effect of Social Support
Informational Usefulness
Social WOM Credibility
Methods
Study Sites
Development of Measurement
Development of Questionnaire and Pilot Study
Survey Administration
Results
Measurement Properties
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Information usefulness |
0.81
| ||||
Social media interactivity | 0.437 |
0.76
| |||
Social support | 0.395146 | 0.40403 |
0.78
| ||
Social word-of-mouth adoption | 0.532807 | 0.500248 | 0.465977 |
0.74
| |
Social word-of-mouth credibility | 0.370665 | 0.377346 | 0.478647 | 0.52407 |
0.76
|
AVE | 0.643443 | 0.565528 | 0.594975 | 0.542141 | 0.563128 |
Composite reliability | 0.844009 | 0.838322 | 0.879681 | 0.825206 | 0.794082 |
Information usefulness | Social support | Social media interactivity | Social word-of-mouth adoption | Social word-of-mouth credibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IU1 |
0.824431
| 0.280767 | 0.400875 | 0.489565 | 0.328757 |
IU2 |
0.804264
| 0.261108 | 0.267957 | 0.395269 | 0.241438 |
IU3 |
0.777047
| 0.404882 | 0.366438 | 0.38727 | 0.311068 |
SC1 | 0.223819 |
0.748233
| 0.346207 | 0.300881 | 0.34329 |
SC2 | 0.182085 |
0.708798
| 0.139008 | 0.298012 | 0.397913 |
SC3 | 0.356348 |
0.760124
| 0.309339 | 0.398405 | 0.24611 |
SC4 | 0.395533 |
0.838636
| 0.362333 | 0.422309 | 0.401974 |
SC5 | 0.328403 |
0.812086
| 0.358072 | 0.365132 | 0.447972 |
SM1 | 0.22469 | 0.238841 |
0.70707
| 0.249803 | 0.301686 |
SM2 | 0.453586 | 0.317078 |
0.774378
| 0.469091 | 0.252823 |
SM3 | 0.300839 | 0.364885 |
0.817996
| 0.290743 | 0.323604 |
SM4 | 0.307359 | 0.280593 |
0.702416
| 0.48115 | 0.26465 |
WA1 | 0.350026 | 0.144822 | 0.330216 |
0.705566
| 0.30085 |
WA2 | 0.460042 | 0.393851 | 0.36898 |
0.721335
| 0.340012 |
WA3 | 0.261749 | 0.338784 | 0.323303 |
0.754663
| 0.468709 |
WA4 | 0.473296 | 0.449558 | 0.436727 |
0.788881
| 0.426707 |
WC1 | 0.28021 | 0.312149 | 0.275934 | 0.388527 |
0.797474
|
WC2 | 0.210914 | 0.233025 | 0.263205 | 0.297407 |
0.700758
|
WC3 | 0.320731 | 0.478404 | 0.303697 | 0.460078 |
0.749906
|