Antecedents Affecting Behavioral Intention Involving UTAUT Variables, Internet Shopping Anxiety, Herd Behaviour and Covid-19 Fear (Empirical Study on Online shopping Users in Bandung City)

ABSTRACT: This study aims to measure the influence of behavioral intention involving UTAUT variables, Online Shopping Anxiety, Herd Behavior, and COVID-19 Pandemic Fear on online shopping users in the city of Bandung. The research method employed is quantitative, used to test the cause-and-effect relationships among variables that form the structural equation model. This is done using empirical data collected through a survey with a five-point Likert scale for 23 questionnaire items. The indicators of each variable obtained from the survey data were tested for validity and reliability. The data was collected from 331 respondents who are online shopping users in the city of Bandung. The collected data were analyzed using SmartPLS 3.2.9 software. The results of this study show that Performance Expectancy has a positive influence on Behavioral Intention, Facilitating Conditions have a positive influence on Behavioral Intention, Internet Shopping Anxiety has a negative influence on Behavioral Intention, Imitating Others has a positive influence on Behavioral Intention, Discounting One’s Own Information has a positive influence on Behavioral Intention. Moreover, COVID-19 Fear has a negative influence on Imitating Others, and COVID-19 Fear has a positive influence on Discounting One’s Own Information.