“They bought it, therefore I will buy it”: The effects of peer users' conversion as sales performance and entrepreneurial sellers' number of followers as relationship performance in mobile social commerce

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Highlights:

• Two experiments test social learning theory and KPI literature in social commerce.

• Study 1 tests effects of consumers' conversion (entrepreneurs' sales performance).

• Study 2 tests sales performance x relationship performance-interaction effects.

• The power of peer consumers' conversion is confirmed in mobile social commerce.

• Entrepreneurial sellers' numbers of followers matter in mobile social commerce.

摘要

•Two experiments test social learning theory and KPI literature in social commerce.•Study 1 tests effects of consumers' conversion (entrepreneurs' sales performance).•Study 2 tests sales performance x relationship performance-interaction effects.•The power of peer consumers' conversion is confirmed in mobile social commerce.•Entrepreneurial sellers' numbers of followers matter in mobile social commerce.

论文关键词:Mobile advertising,Mobile social commerce,Key performance indicators (KPIs),Social learning theory,Conversion,Followers,Entrepreneurial talent,Entrepreneurship,COVID-19 Pandemic

论文评审过程:Received 25 September 2021, Revised 23 January 2022, Accepted 26 January 2022, Available online 31 January 2022, Version of Record 15 February 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107212