Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan

The importance of internet is undeniable and the number of internet users keeps on increasing. In addition, the trend of social media usage in hospitality industry is becoming more obvious including from restaurant service industry. The Information Adoption Model is use to examine the factors tha...

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Main Author: Mohd Ali Tan, Zubaidah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12064/
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description The importance of internet is undeniable and the number of internet users keeps on increasing. In addition, the trend of social media usage in hospitality industry is becoming more obvious including from restaurant service industry. The Information Adoption Model is use to examine the factors that influenced the adoption of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) from social network site (SNS). Survey data collected from 305 users of Facebook indicated that argument quality and source credibility influenced the perceived information usefulness and information adoption. Comprehensiveness, Timeliness, Relevance, and Source Trustworthiness were significantly related to perceived information usefulness of restaurant reviews. The findings of the study also provide several insights for foodservice establishment.
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spelling uitm-120642016-05-14T07:54:19Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12064/ Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan Mohd Ali Tan, Zubaidah Social networks Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service The importance of internet is undeniable and the number of internet users keeps on increasing. In addition, the trend of social media usage in hospitality industry is becoming more obvious including from restaurant service industry. The Information Adoption Model is use to examine the factors that influenced the adoption of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) from social network site (SNS). Survey data collected from 305 users of Facebook indicated that argument quality and source credibility influenced the perceived information usefulness and information adoption. Comprehensiveness, Timeliness, Relevance, and Source Trustworthiness were significantly related to perceived information usefulness of restaurant reviews. The findings of the study also provide several insights for foodservice establishment. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12064/1/TM_ZUBAIDAH%20MOHD%20ALI%20TAN%20HM%2010_5%201.pdf Mohd Ali Tan, Zubaidah (2013) Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan. (2013) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA. <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/12064.pdf>
spellingShingle Social networks
Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
Mohd Ali Tan, Zubaidah
Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan
title Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan
title_full Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan
title_fullStr Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan
title_short Factors affecting Electronic Word-Of-Mouth (EWOM) adoption of restaurant reviews in Facebook / Zubaidah Mohd Ali Tan
title_sort factors affecting electronic word-of-mouth (ewom) adoption of restaurant reviews in facebook / zubaidah mohd ali tan
topic Social networks
Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12064/