Journal of the Community Development in Asia
Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Journal of The Community Development in Asia (JCDA)

How Does Social Media Platforms Help to Improve Business Performances during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Study of TikTok

Rajesh Kumar Nair (SIES College of Management Studies)
Varsha Ganatra (Vivekanand Education Society’s College of Arts Science and Commerc)
Hareeprriya A/P Sugumaran (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Daisy Mui Hung Kee (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Siew Wvy Heng (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Hilari Mei (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Chumengyao Huang (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Vrutika Doshi (SIES College of Management Studies)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jan 2022

Abstract

The study investigates to which extent social media platforms, specifically TikTok, have driven users’ satisfaction and lead to business performance improvements. Entrepreneurs, such as small business owners, agents, and drop shippers were facing tremendous challenges to carry out their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The existence of social media applications has allowed them to promote their products or services in various forms despite the failure to conduct businesses physically. However, they tend to use certain social media application only if it satisfies their business needs. This study employs 100 samples of data from students in Universiti Sains Malaysia collected through an online questionnaire. Subsequently, SPSS analysis was conducted and generated descriptive, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis to support the hypotheses. The findings of this study revealed that users’ satisfaction towards social media, specifically TikTok, have led to customer engagement, personal branding, and effective promotion. Thus, entrepreneurs shall first adopt social media application that provides the highest level of satisfaction to motivate continuous usage of the application which then gradually improves their business performance.    

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JCDA

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

JCDA aims to feature narrative, theoretical, and empirically-based research articles. The journal also accepts articles with data taken from reflections as well as experiences (qualitative research) relevant to community development in Asia. As it explores the community development broadly, the ...