Indonesian Marketing Journal
Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2021

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSUMER ETHNOCENTRISM AND PRODUCT NEEDS ON PURCHASE INTENTION IN PERSPECTIVE OF INDONESIAN CONSUMERS FOR CHINESE PRODUCTS ON TOKOPEDIA

Cindy Boennawan (Universitas Pelita Harapan)
Dewi Wuisan (Universitas Pelita Harapan)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Mar 2022

Abstract

The aim for this study is to understand the relationship between consumer attitude towards foreign product on e-commerce which analyzed through consumers ethnocentrism and product needs on purchase intention for Chinese products on Tokopedia. With globalization and technological advances, it is undeniable that e-commerce has become part of living to fulfill daily basis needs. Tokopedia, an Indonesian e-commerce under William Tanuwijaya as CEO has become one of the influences in Indonesian economy. However, even though Indonesia was mentioned to be Tokopedia’s largest contributor, Tokopedia falls behind Shopee, a Singapore e-commerce, that ranked number one in terms of monthly web visits and GMV (Gross Merchandise Value). The actual research was conducted on 178 respondents by using online questionnaires and the sampling technique was nonprobability purposive sampling. The subjects of this research are the people who have shopped in Tokopedia using the mobile app, and have the intention to shop again in the future. The data are processed through validity, reliability, and statistical analysis and performed using SmartPLS software. The results of the study indicate that Consumer Ethnocentrism have positive influences towards Attitude towards Foreign Products, this statement against previous research which states that the relationship between these hypotheses is negative.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IMJ

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Indonesian Marketing Journal is published by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Pelita Harapan. The aim of Indonesian Marketing Journal is to provide original research articles related to key concepts and theories in the marketing field.  Indonesian Marketing Journal aims to ...