Multilevel Trust,Role Conflict,and Buying Decision of C2C WeChat Business Buyer:A Differential Mode of Association Perspective
Given the localization background and the characteristics of social network of C2C(customer to customer)WeChat business,this paper,from the perspective of differential mode of association,discusses the influence of different levels of trust on buyer's purchase intention in different initial relationship categories between buyers and sellers,as well as the moderating effect of buyer's perception of role conflict on the relationship between purchase intention and purchase behavior.The results suggest that when the initial relationship between the seller and the buyer is quasi-family,the promoting effect of interpersonal trust on the buyer's purchasing intention is the strongest,while quanzi-based and institutional trust make no difference.When the initial relationship is acquaintance,the three levels of trust make no significant difference.When the initial relationship is stranger,the promoting effect of institutional trust on the buyer's purchasing intention is the strongest,while quanzi-based and interpersonal trust make no difference.The buyer's perceived role conflict positively moderates the relationship between purchasing intention and behaviors under the condition of"friends after businesspeople",while negatively moderates the relationship under the condition of"businesspeople after friends".These findings promote the localization of marketing research,enrich online marketing theory and trust theory research,and provide advice for C2C Wechat business sellers to increase performance.
interpersonal trustquanzi trustinstitutional trustdifferential mode of associationrole conflictC2C(customer to customer)WeChat business