Muslim Clothing Online Purchases in Indonesia during COVID-19 Crisis
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I have read your article carefully, and I must admit that it is interesting and fairly written, however, most references are very old, with only 15% of them reporting to the last 5 years. Considering the topic is relatively current, I suggest that more recent references be included. There is no consistency in terms of citation of documents throughout the text, nor in the final references and most of them do not respect the journal's norms.
The term "Theory of Planned Behavior" should only appear in full the first time it is referred to, followed by (TPB), and from then on only the acronym should appear.
I suggest that the authors add a decimal place whenever percentages are mentioned, for example, in line 43, where it reads 40% it should read 40.0%.
Line 162, the authors refer that “online shopping for Muslim clothing in Indonesia during covid 19-crisis which can also only grow the trading and reduce unemployment”. How does it contribute to reducing unemployment rates?
Line 289, the authors report that “The study was conducted using a survey method with the distribution of online questionnaires”. What was the questionnaire used? How many questions does it consist of? How can they be answered (e.g., open questions, Likert scale)?
Line 440, the authors refer “from previous studies”, which studies are these?
I would recommend the manuscript resubmission after the minor revisions, as I believe it will be of great interest for the journal audience. I wish the authors good luck with the revision process.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript has an exciting theme for literature and science. However, there are several aspects to improve, which I will indicate below.
Abstract
- The abstract must summarize the set of parts of the article. It is suggested that it be rewritten from that perspective.
Introduction
- The introduction must be rewritten. Many contents must be changed for the literature review, and there is a general lack of references. It is also suggested that the authors may develop the introduction taking into account the following aspects: novelty and importance of the topic based on current literature references, the definition of objectives, literature gap, and presentation of the different parts of the manuscript.
Literature revision
- The literature review must include the basic theory, which is displaced from the introduction;
- The hypotheses must be presented and justified individually;
- Authors must present the conceptual model in the literature review.
- Method (Research Methodology
Authors should clarify: 1) What was the period of the fieldwork? 2) What is the profile of the respondents? 3) In which language was the survey conducted and if different from English how were the questions translated? 4) The survey questions in an attached table, indicating the respective scale and literature references.
- Results
Authors must present the measurement model (CFA - Confirmatory Factory Analysis) and the respective FIT measurements.
Only then can they develop the SEM model, which is not done.
- Conclusions
Due to the above, I cannot validate the study's conclusions.
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Reviewer 3 Report
I would like to start by thanking you for giving me the opportunity to review this paper, I hope the authors find my comments constructive and that it will help them to improve their research work.
The objective of the paper is clear: the authors aim to determine the influence of attitudes on certain purchase intentions, focusing on the Muslim religion and during a specific moment such as the Covid-19 pandemic. This study seems to me interesting to analyse since religions have changed a lot over time and Covid 19 has marked a before and after in the life of the entire population because the selected object of study may be useful for further research.
First of all, the introduction is well detailed, the reader is put in context at all times, the most important terms are explained in a correct way and which are very appealing, referring to the Muslim religion and the influence of buying in Indonesia, finally the authors write very precisely what is the main objective, and the motivations of this research.
However, to close this point I recommend the authors to include the structure they will follow throughout the research to close the point more precisely.
As far as the literature review is concerned, it is very detailed and concise on a number of points. Firstly, the main ideas from the point of view of the different authors are clear and the research gap is well filled. Being a quantitative research, the authors provide the respective hypotheses in cause-effect relationship with the theoretical framework on the different purchase intentions of the Muslim religion in Indonesia. These hypotheses provided by the authors of the research are of good quality and necessary to test the research, and one point to note is the implementation of the research model which gives more clarity in understanding the different hypotheses of the study.
I suggest that the authors review all scientific references and organise them in chronological order, as well as provide more citations to new work to make the research as up to date as possible. Finally, and as a conclusion to this point, clear and well-written objectives should be provided with the result of their subsequent theoretical propositions, which have to be tested as hypotheses in future studies which the authors have correctly and accurately detailed in section 2.6.
For the implementation and improvement of the above proposed, I recommend reading and citing the following article, which can help to improve this point "Reyes-Menéndez, A., Saura, JR and Palos-Sánchez, P. (2018). Crowdfunding and funding 2.0. An exploratory study on cultural tourism. International Journal of Information Systems and Tourism (IJIST) , 3 (1), 23-34".
Secondly, the point on methodology and materials used is too brief. Therefore, I recommend the authors to extend this point, detailing with greater precision the research they are carrying out, how it is formed, as well as the measures and tools they have carried out for its implementation. On the other hand, it would be interesting for the researchers to detail why they have chosen the probability sampling methodology to carry out the research and not another one, such as stratified random sampling.
Then I recommend reading the following article, which may be useful for the realization of the proposed "Reyes-Menendez, A., Saura, J. R., Palos-Sanchez, P. R., & Alvarez-Garcia, J. (2018). Understanding user behavioral intention to adopt a search engine that promotes sustainable water management. Symmetry, 10(11), 584".
The analysis of data and results is correct, the authors detail with precision what was obtained through the different hypotheses established in previous sections through different indices that conform to what was established.
However, I recommend that as a closure to this point and for greater clarity for the reader, they summarise the main conclusions drawn from the results.
As for the discussions, they are very well explained and structured, providing different sections. The researchers present and compare the different results obtained through probability sampling, as well as the correct performance of an exhaustive analysis, interpreting and extrapolating the results obtained. However, I suggest that the authors confront the results with the hypotheses put forward from the perspective of other authors.
The conclusions are too short and I suggest that the authors extend them. They should summarise all the points made throughout the research, as well as emphasise the main objective and what the study aims to achieve.
On the other hand, the theoretical implications and limitations are very appealing. As a point to recommend these, I propose to include them followed by the discussion section and leave the conclusions as the conclusion of the research.
As a future line of research, I propose to the authors that it would be interesting to study the factors that affect purchase behaviour in live streaming platforms "ANTOLÍN-PRIETO, R., REYES-MENENENDEZ, A., & RUIZ-LACACI, N. Explorando los factores que afectan al comportamiento de los consumidores en plataformas de live streaming" (ANTOLÍN-PRIETO, R., REYES-MENENDEZ, A., & RUIZ-LACACI, N. Exploring the factors that affect consumer behaviour in live streaming platforms).
Another future line of research could be to include other research that has used the same methodology through probability sampling focusing on religions and purchase intentions and not only cite it, but also explain what it consists of and what it aims to achieve, as mentioned above in the methodology section.
Finally, the number of scientific references is correct and they are well cited following the APA model as it is a scientific article.
In conclusion, I found the research to be very suggestive and, taking into account our detailed study and suggestions, the authors can use them to improve the article for its subsequent publication.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Thank you very much for your reply. However, there are still weaknesses at work. First, the following justification is not admissible in a scientific text:
". Because there is no hypothesis proposed by previous research on religious as a 321
moderating variable, the hypothesis of this research is:"
Therefore, hypotheses H4 to H6 are not justified.
Point 4.1. it should start with the analysis of the measurement model, where the authors would develop the CFA model - Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The measurement models they present are alternatives and must not be in the manuscript. Only the final model that serves as the basis for the development of the SEM should be presented.
Author Response
To Reviewer 2
Thanks for the comments and questions. Here is our response, responses and answers in our article are written in blue.
- This article has a novelty, namely religion as a moderating variable from the independent variable 1,2,3 to the Y variable. Then it is proposed as hypotheses 4 to 6
- In 4.1 fixed only the final result is presented
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