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Exploring the determinants of continuous intention in TikTok from the perspective of social influence: a mixed approach of SEM and fsQCA

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  • Qingdan Jia
  • Xiaoyu Xu
  • Minhong Zhou
  • Haodong Liu
  • Fangkai Chang

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Purpose - This study embraces the call for exploring the determinants of continuous intention in TikTok. Taking the perspective of social influence, this study not only tries to explore the contextual sources of two types of social influence but also aims to unveil the influence mechanism of how social influence affects TikTok viewers’ continuous intention. Design/methodology/approach - This study empirically analyzes how TikToker attractiveness, co-viewer participation, platform reputation and content appeal affect informative and normative social influence and then lead to the continuous intention of TikTok. Based on 547 valid survey data, this study adopts a mixed analytical approach for data analysis by integrating structural equation modeling (SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Findings - SEM results unveil that content appeal is the most critical antecedent of informational social influence, while the TikToker attractiveness and platform reputation have no effect on it. Differently, all four external sources positively lead to normative social influence. Among them, content appeal and co-viewer participation influence the most. The influences of both two types of social influence on continuous intention are demonstrated. FsQCA results reveal seven alternative configurations that are sufficient for influencing continuance intention and further complement and reinforce the SEM findings. Originality/value - Addressing the critical contextual elements of TikTok, this study explores and confirms the sources which may engender social influence. The authors also demonstrate the critical role of social influence in affecting TikTok viewers’ continuous intentions by the hybrid analytical approach, which contributes to existing academic literature and practitioners.

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  • Qingdan Jia & Xiaoyu Xu & Minhong Zhou & Haodong Liu & Fangkai Chang, 2023. "Exploring the determinants of continuous intention in TikTok from the perspective of social influence: a mixed approach of SEM and fsQCA," Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(1), pages 45-68, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:jebdep:jebde-07-2022-0016
    DOI: 10.1108/JEBDE-07-2022-0016
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    1. Bin-Nashwan, Saeed Awadh & Sadallah, Mouad & Bouteraa, Mohamed, 2023. "Use of ChatGPT in academia: Academic integrity hangs in the balance," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).

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