Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainability in Technological, Environmental, Law, Management, Social and Economic Matters, ICOSTELM 2022, 4-5 November 2022, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

Research Article

The Effect of False Advertising on Consumer Online Purchase Behaviour with the Mediating Effect of e-WOM: Consumers’ in Malaysia

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.4-11-2022.2329830,
        author={Ahmed Michail Awad Ahmed and Abdul Kadir Othman and Norlida  Jaafar},
        title={The Effect of False Advertising on Consumer Online Purchase Behaviour with the Mediating Effect  of e-WOM: Consumers’ in Malaysia},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainability in Technological, Environmental, Law, Management, Social and Economic Matters, ICOSTELM 2022, 4-5 November 2022, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICOSTELM},
        year={2023},
        month={9},
        keywords={online shopping purchase behaviour false advertising e-wom trust},
        doi={10.4108/eai.4-11-2022.2329830}
    }
    
  • Ahmed Michail Awad Ahmed
    Abdul Kadir Othman
    Norlida Jaafar
    Year: 2023
    The Effect of False Advertising on Consumer Online Purchase Behaviour with the Mediating Effect of e-WOM: Consumers’ in Malaysia
    ICOSTELM
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.4-11-2022.2329830
Ahmed Michail Awad Ahmed1,*, Abdul Kadir Othman2, Norlida Jaafar1
  • 1: Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Ilmu 1/1, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2: Institute of Business Excellence, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor
*Contact email: Ahmedmechail@gmail.com

Abstract

Advertising is one of the main contributors towards the rising number of online shoppers worldwide. The use of advertising in this digital era has become a powerful tool towards the persuasion of consumers. However, some organizations have adopted false advertising as their marketing strategy. The purpose of this proposed study is to analyse the factors that influence consumers’ online shopping behaviour The study will focus on the three independent constituent factors of false advertising, namely, unethical advertising, misleading information, and deception, with the mediating effect of electronic word of mouth and moderating effect of trust. The dependent variable is online purchase behaviour. The sample size for this proposed research is 588 persons.