THE MARKETING INFLUENCERS ALTERING THE PURCHASE INTENTIONS OF SAUDI CONSUMERS: THE EFFECT OF SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

The marketing influencers tend to influence the purchase intention of the consumers. This research paper explores the social advocacy, trustworthiness and perceived effectiveness of marketing influencers to predict the purchase intention from sociocultural perspective. The study is one of the pioneers and contributes in explaining the role of social advocacy, trustworthiness and perceived effectiveness in shaping the purchase intention of Saudi consumers. The data was collected through a convenience sampling technique among Saudi consumers and analyzed on Smart-PLS. The results depicted a significant relationship between social advocacy, trustworthiness, perceived effectiveness and purchase intention. The moderation role of sociocultural perspective was reported between the relationship of trustworthiness and purchase intention and between perceived effectiveness and purchase intention. However, no moderation effect was observed between the relationship of social advocacy and purchase intention.