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A Study on the Influence of Conformity Behaviors, Perceived Risks, and Customer Engagement on Group Buying Intention: A Case Study of Community E-Commerce Platforms

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Ou, Chueh-Chu, Chen, Kuan-Liang, Tseng, Wei-Kuo, Lin, Ya-Yun·2022·Sustainability

Abstract

This study mainly probed into the factors influencing consumers’ OGB intention on community e-commerce platforms, built models that included facets of conformity behaviors, perceived risks, customer engagement, and OGB intention, and focused on whether there is a mediating effect on customer engagement and an interference effect on perceived risks. The subjects of this study were consumers with OGB experience on community e-commerce platforms. The results show that conformity behaviors have a significant positive impact on customer engagement and OGB intention; thus, when customers have insufficient information or relevant knowledge of OGB, the comments or recommendations of their relatives and friends would influence their engagement and OGB intention. Moreover, this study found that customer engagement has a complete mediating effect, which indicates that conformity behaviors can influence OGB intention through customer engagement. In addition, this study found that perceived risks have an interference effect, meaning that when consumers sense high risks, the OGB intention is weakened through customer engagement. This shows that in the OGB organizations of the community e-commerce platforms, it is recommended that more attention be paid to customer engagement; it is also a topic worthy of discussion in practical business applications.

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Authors
Ou, C.-C., Chen, K.-L., Tseng, W.-K., & Lin, Y.-Y.
Affiliations
  • Ling Tung University (TW)
  • National Taichung University of Science and Technology (TW)
Corresponding author
Tseng, Wei-Kuo
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-02-09
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
1941
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4211098538
Cited by
38
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5
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6.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence
Keywords
group buying, community e-commerce, conformity, risk perception, customer engagement, purchase intention, word-of-mouth recommendation, mediating effect, moderating effect

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