International Contexts of Social Media and e-WoM Communication in the Customer Decision-Making Process

• Autorzy: Małgorzata Bartosik-Purgat
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The main purpose of the paper is to identify the importance of social media in e-WoM (electronic word of mouth) in relation to the two stages of consumer behavior, pre-purchase and post-consumption, in groups of different gender and countries. The article answers three research questions. Whether the frequency of using the most popular social media influences the range of using them in e-WoM among individual users? Which stage of consumer behavior process is more dependent on social media, pre-purchase or post-consumption? Do any differences exist between men and women in the scope under consideration?

Methodology: The analysis bases on literature studies and empirical data collected among 1246 respondents from four countries: China, Poland, the United States of America, and Turkey. Findings: General conclusions show differences between these countries in relation to the use of social media for e-WoM. Moreover, results confirmed the findings of literature analysis wherever consumers used social media at the stage of looking for information and advice about products (pre-purchase). Gender appeared as a significant differentiating factor that influences e-WoM behavior.

Research limitations: The design of the research (samples' size and sampling method) could place some limits on the capacity of the study to generalize the results to other national contexts. Research implications: The results offer information for marketers who use social media communication to build brands' loyalty in the international marketplace and individuals who rely on experiences shared through social media.

Originality: The content of the paper is important, timely, original, and focusses on the subject infrequently studied in the literature. The information from the paper applies to numerous groups of stakeholders. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Social media; Gender; Consumer behaviour

PL

Media społecznościowe; Płeć; Zachowania konsumenta

• Czasopismo: Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 26
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 16--33

Twórcy

autor

Małgorzata Bartosik-Purgat

• Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland

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DOI

10.7206/jmba.ce.2450-7814.226