eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi

The rapid development of the food establishment industry witnessed the online reviews for restaurants becoming a significant tools for restaurant owners to increase their sales, image and customers. Thus, this research is conducted to measure the effect of online reviews on intention to visit restau...

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Main Authors: Abdul Hadi, Arnieyantie, Md Nor, Norfezah, Mohd Karim, Nadia Liana, Zulkafli, Muhammad Shakir, Othman, Nor Adiba
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28800/
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author Abdul Hadi, Arnieyantie
Md Nor, Norfezah
Mohd Karim, Nadia Liana
Zulkafli, Muhammad Shakir
Othman, Nor Adiba
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Md Nor, Norfezah
Mohd Karim, Nadia Liana
Zulkafli, Muhammad Shakir
Othman, Nor Adiba
author_sort Abdul Hadi, Arnieyantie
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description The rapid development of the food establishment industry witnessed the online reviews for restaurants becoming a significant tools for restaurant owners to increase their sales, image and customers. Thus, this research is conducted to measure the effect of online reviews on intention to visit restaurants. The study was conducted by distributing a self administered questionnaire involving 156 respondents and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. All variables measured was significantly influence the consumer's intention to visit restaurants, especially in terms of positive online reviews (eWOM), negative online reviews (eWOM) and online food quality reviews. Moreover, the results showed a positive relationship between positive online reviews, negative online reviews and food towards consumer intention to visit restaurant. The result also demonstrated that food quality online reviews was least effected on consumer intention to visit restaurant with lowest correlation value. The study confirmed that the online reviews became crutial in improving the quality of sales, image, food and also service of the restaurant.
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spelling uitm-288002025-07-02T06:53:01Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28800/ eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi ejssh Abdul Hadi, Arnieyantie Md Nor, Norfezah Mohd Karim, Nadia Liana Zulkafli, Muhammad Shakir Othman, Nor Adiba H Social Sciences (General) Study and teaching. Research The rapid development of the food establishment industry witnessed the online reviews for restaurants becoming a significant tools for restaurant owners to increase their sales, image and customers. Thus, this research is conducted to measure the effect of online reviews on intention to visit restaurants. The study was conducted by distributing a self administered questionnaire involving 156 respondents and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. All variables measured was significantly influence the consumer's intention to visit restaurants, especially in terms of positive online reviews (eWOM), negative online reviews (eWOM) and online food quality reviews. Moreover, the results showed a positive relationship between positive online reviews, negative online reviews and food towards consumer intention to visit restaurant. The result also demonstrated that food quality online reviews was least effected on consumer intention to visit restaurant with lowest correlation value. The study confirmed that the online reviews became crutial in improving the quality of sales, image, food and also service of the restaurant. Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28800/2/28800.pdf Abdul Hadi, Arnieyantie and Md Nor, Norfezah and Mohd Karim, Nadia Liana and Zulkafli, Muhammad Shakir and Othman, Nor Adiba (2020) eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi. (2020) ESTEEM Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ESTEEM_Journal_of_Social_Sciences_and_Humanities.html>, 4 (SI (1)). pp. 46-56. ISSN 2600-7274 http://ejssh.uitm.edu.my
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Study and teaching. Research
Abdul Hadi, Arnieyantie
Md Nor, Norfezah
Mohd Karim, Nadia Liana
Zulkafli, Muhammad Shakir
Othman, Nor Adiba
eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi
title eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi
title_full eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi
title_fullStr eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi
title_full_unstemmed eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi
title_short eWOM : The effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ Arnieyantie Abdul Hadi
title_sort ewom : the effect of online review and food quality on the intention to visit a restaurant/ arnieyantie abdul hadi
topic H Social Sciences (General)
Study and teaching. Research
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28800/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28800/