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Int. Journal of Economics and Management 17 (2): 165-176 (2023)
IJEM
International Journal of Economics and Management
Journal homepage: http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my
The Impact of Social Media Adoption on SMEs’ Performance: A TOE
Framework Content Analysis
TUAN SITI MASTAZAMEATUN LONG TUAN KECHIK
a
, AZYANEE LUQMAN
b*
,
CHEAM CHAI LI
c
AND FARHANIM LEMAN
d
a
Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan Kampus Kota Bharu, Malaysia
b
Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan Kampus
Kota Bharu, Malaysia
c
Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan, Malaysia
d
Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Ismail Petra (KIAS), Kelantan, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
This content analysis aims to investigate how the Technology-Organization-Environment
(TOE) framework can be used in the field of business management. The selected articles
were confined within TOE framework, social media adoption as the mediator and small
and medium sized-enterprises’ (SMEs) performance in Kelantan, Malaysia. A total of 15
articles were regarded as fitting the scope. The articles were analysed using the QSR
NVivo 10 software in which coding and categorisation of the attributes according to the
list of nodes were performed. As a result, the content analysis suggests that technological,
organizational and environmental context sub-dimensions could be considered for the
TOE framework in future research. Apart from that, future researchers could refer to the
frequency analysis performed on those 15 articles in providing practical recommendations
and guidelines for SME managers to effectively leverage social media platforms to
enhance performance within the TOE framework. Overall, this research provides a
comprehensive and systematic approach to studying the impact of social media adoption
on SMEs’ performance.
JEL Classification: D71
Keywords: Categorising; coding; content analysis; SMEs’ performance; social media
adoption; TOE framework
Article history:
Received: 7 September 2022
Accepted: 25 June 2023
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Corresponding author: Email: azyanee@uitm.edu.my
DOI: http://doi.org/10.47836/ijeam.17.2.02
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