Jurnal Terapan Manajemen dan Bisnis
Vol 4, No 2 (2018): Volume 4 Number 2 (2018)

The Effect of Word of Mouth (WOM) on Purchasing Decision of Region Exclusive Fabric of West Nusa Tenggara Province (Case Study on Sasambo Fabric in Bima City)

Sri Ernawati (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) Bima, Bima, Indonesia)
Muhajirin Muhajirin (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) Bima, Bima, Indonesia)
Ismunandar Ismunandar (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) Bima, Bima, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Nov 2018

Abstract

Word of mouth (WOM) become an important part in marketing studies considering that communication in Word of mouth (WOM) is able to influence the consumer. Word of mouth (WOM) is capable of spreading rapidly when the individual who is spreading it also has a wide network. This study aims to (1) to find out and analyze the positive and significant effect of Word of Mouth (WOM) on purchasing decision of region-exclusive fabric of West Nusa Tenggara Province (case study on Sasambo fabric in Bima City), (2) to give an input of thought to sasambo fabric manufacturer in Bima Town to implement the marketing strategy that does not rely on high cost but what is required is loyal consumer, so that the quality of sasambo fabric is must be upgraded and has more variety in motif. The research is conducted in Bima town for 2 months from Mei to June 2018. The population of this research is all of the people in Bima who bought and used Sasambo cloth with a number of samples are 96 people and technique of sampling is purposive sampling. The technique of Data analysis used is a simple linear regression analysis by using the equation, i.e: Y = a +bx. The result variable statistic test of WOM achievement point in the amount of 17.541 with table point in the amount of 1,985 (17.541 ˃1,985), then, so Word of Mouth (WOM) has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decision of region-exclusive fabric of West Nusa Tenggara province (Case Study on Sasambo Fabric in Bima City).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JTMB

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Terapan Manajemen dan Bisnis (JTMB) - Journal of Applied Management and Business with e-ISSN 2477-5282 and p-ISSN 2599-3127. JTMB is an International Journal, hereinafter abbreviated as JTMB, compiles and publishes various researchers in the field of management especially in the application ...