دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی از شبکه های اجتماعی به عملکرد شرکت: اثر واسطه گر اعتماد و قیمت گذاری - امرالد 2018

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to develop a structural equation model to explain the complex relationship between social network and firm performance by introducing the mediating role of trust, selling capability and pricing capability. Design/methodology/approach – The research model with hypothesis development was derived based on the literature. To provide empirical evidence, this study carried out a survey in which the data were equated with a list of questionnaires with a random survey of 380 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Indonesian context. Findings – This study indicates that the use of social media in management process will not affect the increasing firm performance, unless the firms build trust upon social networks. The social network with trust allows the firms to gain a pricing capability and a selling capability, which brings a positive impact on firm performance. The results also show that the selling and the pricing capabilities become essential following the utilizing the social media, which concerns on trust building. Research limitations/implications – This study focused on the small-to-medium context, which has conventionally provided an exemplary site for the development of social capital theory but raises issues of generalizability across different contexts. Practical implications – To the managers, it is advisable to encourage their employees to consciously exploit the selling capability by enhancing the business networks via social media to achieve the firm performance. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the social capital theory by explaining the mediating role of trust in the complex relationship between social network and firm performance. This study provides evidence that trust plays a pivotal role in social networks, which enable the observed firms to achieve the performance.

Conclusion

This study indicates a positive relationship between social networks and firm performance. This entails trust as a strong mediating variable, which provides an explanation about the essential process of transforming social networks to firm performance. Hence, the social network with trust will help the firms gain benefits from the pricing and selling capability, which in turn allow them to achieve the performance. The results highlight a critical factor of social network on firm performance, which contributes to the social capital theory in the social media context.