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The Impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) on Consumers’ Behavior towards E-commerce


Md. Tuhinur Rahman1 and Muhammad Abdus Salam2* 

1Department of Management Information Systems, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; and 2Department of Management Information Systems, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh. 

*Correspondence: salam.mis@nstu.edu.bd (Muhammad Abdus Salam, Department of Management Information Systems, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh).

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ABSTRACT 

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted people's usual lifestyles, and this infectious disease has had a significant and pervasive impact on all facets of human existence. This study investigates how consumers' shopping behaviors have been influenced by the pandemic and how they are utilizing e-commerce to adapt and cope with the challenging circumstances caused by the Covid-19 situation. A conceptual framework and hypotheses have been developed based on the analysis of existing literature and several uniform methods to fulfill the research objectives. The study conducted several statistical analyses, like Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Cronbach's alpha (CA), composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), heterotrait-monotrait (HTMT) ratio, and regression analysis. The result indicates that the pandemic situation influences consumers to use e-commerce to avoid unfavorable situations. As a result, economic benefits have been optimized due to the adoption of e-commerce during the pandemic situation. 

Keywords: E-Commerce, Online shopping, Consumer behavior, Pandemic, Covid-19, and Coronavirus.

Citation: Rahman MT., and Salam MA. (2023). The impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) on consumers’ behavior towards e-commerce, Can. J. Bus. Inf. Stud., 5(4), 81-91. https://doi.org/10.34104/cjbis.023.081091


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