DIRECT AND INDIRECT INFLUENCE OF ROLE MODEL ON E-COMMERCE ENTREPRENEURIAL DECISIONS: THE CASE OF GENERATION Z
Abstract
This paper aims to analyze directly the impact of role model on e-commerce entrepreneurial decision and indirectly through e-commerce entrepreneurial intention. The survey method was utilized to collect the data obtained from 130 respondents from the Generation Z group born in 1996-2012 who intended to start an online business in Indonesia. The results of the analysis show that of the three proposed hypotheses, two hypotheses were accepted and one was rejected. Specifically, e-commerce entrepreneurial intention has an effect positively on e-commerce entrepreneurial decision; role model has an effect on e-commerce entrepreneurial intention, but has no effect on e-commerce entrepreneurial decision.