UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Lê Thoại Bảo Trân THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING INTEGRATION SERVICE OF ONLINE RETAILER ON CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENT: THE FACEBOOK CASE OF HOCHIMINH CITY, VIETNAM MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) Ho Chi Minh City – Year 2014 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Lê Thoại Bảo Trân THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING INTEGRATION SERVICE OF ONLINE RETAILER ON CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENT: THE CASE OF HOCHIMINH CITY, VIETNAM ID: 29110021 MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) SUPERVISOR: DR. PHẠM PHÚ QUỐC Ho Chi Minh City – Year 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENT To complete this Master of Business Administration associated between Western Sydney University and University of Economics Ho Chi Minh city with the thesis “The impact of social networking integration service of online retailer on consumers’ purchase intent – the case of Hochiminh city, Viet Nam”, beside exerting myself during last time, firstly, I want to thank deeply to my family that always encouraged me throughout studying process and finishing this thesis. Secondly, I also want to give my gratefulness to Professors and lecturers from University of Economics Ho Chi Minh city. They provided to us useful knowledge and also highly valuable experiences within two years.
Especially, I really want to express heartfelt thanks to Dr. Pham Phu Quoc guided me enthusiastically to accomplish the thesis. ABSTRACT The growth of social networks integration service around the world has created a new place of interaction and communication among people. Web-based social communities, weblogs, online social networks provide features, allow consumers to share their personal experiences, knowledge, opinion with one other by writing reviews, rating reviews, and chatting among trusting members.
This study empirically explores how the social networking integration service of online retailers (Facebook shops) impact on consumers’ purchase intent. Formal quantitative research through survey questionnaire with a sample of 219 consumers who are living and working in Hochiminh city, the result reveal that Website social presence, trust and involvement have positive impact on consumers’ purchase intent. Implications of these finding for e-retailers and future research are outlined. Key words: Website social presence, trust, product attitude, involvement, purchase intent TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .4 Research methodology and research scope .5 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Online shopping and social networking services (Facebook case) .2 Consumers’ purchase intent.
Step of a intention process. The impact of online social networks on consumers’ purchase intent .3 Website social presence .7 The conceptual model and hypotheses of the research .16 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .3 Data collection procedure .6 Data analysis method .26 CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS .1 Descriptive analysis – demographics and variables.3 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA).1 Testing assumption of multiple regressions .2 Result of multiple regression analysis.5 Hypotheses testing result and discussion of the findings .37 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION, IMPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS .3 Limitations and future research .52 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.18 Figure E1: Histogram of Purchase intent .61 Figure E2: Normal Plot of Purchase intent .61 Figure E3: Scatter Plot of Purchase intent .62 LIST OF TABLES Table 3.1 Source of data collection.2 Source of measurement scale .2 Reliability test result .3 Rotated component matrix (time 1).4 KMO and Bartlett’s test result .5 Rotated component matrix (time 2) .7 Model Summary of multiple regression analysis .8 ANOVA of multiple regression analysis .9 Coefficients of multiple regression analysis .10 Summary of hypotheses testing results. 40 Table D1: Total Variance Explained of factor analysis .60 Table D2: Model Summary of multiple regression analysis .1 Research background Internet is a social place where created new forum for customers. Virtual communities, blog, and online social networking sites provide a platform to influence consumers‟ purchase intents (OTX research, 2008).
For more information, Hitwise (2011) indicates that the market share of different online social networking websites has been grown. Online retailers have recently taken care about potential objective of understanding and leveraging social influence in customers‟ purchase intent to improve customer relationship management and increase sales.