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http://dx.doi.org/10.15722/jds.20.01.202201.13

Causal Relationship between e-Service Quality, Online Trust and Purchase Intentions on Lazada Group, An Asia's Leading E-commerce Platform  

RUANGUTTAMANUN, Chutima (Marketing Department, Mahasarakham Business School, Mahasarakham University)
PEEMANEE, Jindarat (Management Department, Mahasarakham Business School, Mahasarakham University)
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Journal of Distribution Science / v.20, no.1, 2022 , pp. 13-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated and triggered changes in online shopping especially in an emerging market. This paper develops a modification of SERVQUAL model to examine the relationship between individual dimensions of e-service quality, online trust and purchase intentions in singular online shopping platform. Research design, data and methodology: Data from an online survey of 385 Lazada's shoppers were used to test the research model. The structural equation modeling technique was performed to test the research model. Results: The analytical results revealed that five dimensions of e-service quality were positively correlated with one another whereas some dimensions were negatively correlated with purchase intentions. The results of this study provide new insight into the literature as well as practical implications for marketers especially in Thai online market. Conclusion: This study develops the instrument dimensions of e-service quality through modifying the SERVQUAL model to examine the e-commerce context and to testify how these individual dimensions are interlinked with one another. It also suggests that responsiveness has two-sided affects that in responses which are too prompt and insistent could make the customer feel uncomfortable and perhaps ending up with no interaction and transaction.
Keywords
E-commerce Platform; Online Service Quality; Online Trust; Purchase Intentions; Thailand; Lazada;
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