Using TikTok in Social Media Marketing to Create Brand Awareness, Brand Image, and Brand Loyalty on Tourism Sector in Indonesia

The research aims to examine the factors that form brand awareness and brand image of the tourism sector in Indonesia by using the model social media marketing on TikTok platform. The research was conducted quantitative methods using a survey of 220 respondents who were users of the TikTok application. Data collection was carried out from April to May 2021, and processed using Structural Equation Model Partial Least Square (SEM PLS). Convenience sampling was used in this research. The results show that entertainment, electronic word of mouth, and interaction positively affect consumer brand engagement. Trendiness and customization do not affect consumer brand engagement. Furthermore, consumer brand engagement positively affects brand loyalty, brand awareness, and brand image. The implication of this research is a reference for managers and policymakers in formulating strategies to improve the tourism sector in Indonesia using the model Social Media Marketing on TikTok.

Relationship Analysis of Destination Image, Sports Involvement, Event Quality and Travel Motives as an Antecedent Factors on Revisit Intention in Recurring Running Sports-Event

The research aimed to examine the relationship between destination image, sports involvement, quality of sport events, and travel motives as antecedent factors to predict repeat visit intentions of marathon events. This was a further study of the trends that occur in society regarding the changing perception that sport is not only for health purposes, but also as a profitable tourism subject. Data was collected using quantitative, non-probability, purposive sampling methods. The research instrument was an online questionnaire which was distributed to tourists and athletes who took part in running sport-events. The data analysis method uses Structural Equation Modelling with Smart PLS 3.0. The test results show that not all research hypotheses are accepted. Sport-event quality (SQ) has a positive relationship but has no significant effect on revisit intention (RI) from repeated sporting events. The positive effect of travel motive (TM) on the intention to revisit a repetitive sporting event (RI) is proven. Travel motive (TM) also has a positive and significant effect on destination image (DI). Sports involvement (SI) has a positive and significant effect on revisit intention (RI). The same positive and significant effect is also shown in the relationship between sports event quality (SQ) and destination image (DI) variables. Revisit intention (RI) of repeated sporting events was found to be positively influenced by destination image (DI). There is a significant indirect effect of sport-event quality on intention to revisit repeated sporting events (RI), mediated by destination image.

Risk and Supply Chain Mitigation Analysis Using House of Risk Method and Analytical Network Process (A Case Study on Palm Oil Company)

This research studied PT XYZ, a company engaged in the palm oil industry which has eleven subsidiaries spread across five provinces in Indonesia, namely North Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South Sumatra. The research focused on analyzing supply chain risks in PT A, a subsidiary of PT XYZ.. The objective was to find out and reduce unexpected costs that the company may experience caused by the risks in supply chain. Furthermore, the aim was to determine priority of risk agents and risk mitigation actions. The research method was a mixed methods, which combined both qualitative and quantitative analysis to answer the research questions. Data analysis procedure involved Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR), House of Risk (HOR) 1 and Analytic Network Process (ANP). The SCOR method was used for mapping supply chain activities, the HOR 1 was to determine the priority of the risk agent, and the ANP was to determine the priority of mitigation actions. The results show that there are 36 risk events and 35 risk agents. 19 risk agents are categorized as priority risks and 11 preventive actions are proposed to be implemented by PT XYZ. The research suggests that the company implement mitigation actions according to priority in accordance with the research results, for example, by improving the condition of the main garden road.

Implementation Fiduciary Registration According to Finance Ministry, Police, and Financial Services Authority (OJK)

The research aimed to research fiduciary guarantees registration from a legal perspective, especially the executive or administrative regulations. The research examined the existing regulations and laws by analysing primary and secondary data using normative juridical methods. There were three legal material inventory, namely primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials. The research concludes that the fiduciary registration obligations stipulated in the Regulation of Minister of Finance (PMK) Number 130/PMK.010/2012 are not in synchronic with the Financial Services Authority Regulation (POJK) Number 29/POJK.05/2014, which was replaced by the Financial Services Authority Regulation Number 35/POJK.05/2018. Revocation of Regulation of Minister of Finance Number 130/PMK.010/ 2012 by Regulation of the Minister of Finance Number 23/PMK.010/2017 is not accompanied by amendments to the Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia National Police Number 8 of 2011. The loan agreement remains valid if it fulfills the principles of the agreement. It is suggested that relevant institutions, particularly the Financial Services Authority (OJK) as the financial industry supervisor, take initiatives to synchronize all regulations for the implementation of fiduciary registration.

Improving Employee Engagement of Muhammadiyah Teachers with Organizational Trust, Distributive Justice, and Psychological Empowerment

The research aimed to look at the factors that significantly influence the teacher’s engagement, especially the factors of organizational trust and distributive justice. In addition, the research was to see the moderating effect of psychological empowerment in the influence of organizational trust on employee involvement and between distributive justice on employee engagement using the hierarchical regression analysis method. The research implemented simple random sampling technique and obtained 150 respondents, who were teachers at Muhammadiyah schools spread across five schools in Kotagede District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The results show that organizational trust has a significant effect on employee engagement, while distributive justice does not significantly affect employee engagement. In addition to these factors, psychological empowerment is shown to have a quasi-moderating effect in the effect of organizational trust on employee engagement. Since the analysis is limited to only five Muhammadiyah schools in Kotagede, Yogyakarta, the results cannot generalized. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic only makes the questionnaires possible via online. Since younger teachers start to dominate, future research is suggested to have a further analysis on different generations (X, Y and Z).

The Role of Digital Loyalty Program towards Customer Loyalty through a Measure of Satisfaction

The research aimed to explore the importance of loyalty programs to customer satisfaction and loyalty in digital business in Indonesia. The concept of theoretical development of the resource-advantage theory of competition and service-dominant logic was used for the development of research findings. Lazada, one of the e-commerce platforms, offered digital loyalty programs such as points store, loyalty store, e-coupon, e-newsletter, and flash sale. Thus data collection was distributed through an online questionnaire to Lazada customers, with a sample size of 384 respondents. Data testing with linear regression analysis was conducted to test the variables of the Lazada digital loyalty program on customer loyalty mediated customer satisfaction. The results shows that in digital loyalty program variables, the program features contribute positively directly and have the success of mediated customer satisfaction in the digital loyalty program. More products that offer customer-oriented technology feature innovation will increase customer loyalty amidst dynamic marketing capabilities in digital business innovation change, which gives impact to managers.

The Outbreak of COVID-19 and Islamic Stock Market Responses in Indonesia

The research intended to analyze the overreaction phenomenon in Islamic stocks due to COVID-19 as well as the influencing factors by utilizing different test methods and cross-sectional regression. The research employed data on the daily stock prices from August 9th, 2019 to October 26th, 2020 on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) and the stocks utilized during the period of events. The sample of this research utilized seven events related to COVID-19. The findings of this research reveals that the announcement of COVID-19 transmission and lockdown (Event 2) causes overreaction in winner stocks. Meanwhile, the overreaction phenomenon of loser stock is due to the announcement of the United States fiscal stimulus (Event 5) and the announcement of the PSBB (Event 6). Furthermore, the new normal announcement event (Event 7) triggers overreaction in the winner and loser stocks. The results indicate that Islamic stocks continue to have several transactions which are prohibited by the Fatwa DSN MUI in the short term. In this case, the variables that impact the overreaction phenomenon are shown to be substantially and negatively linked to leverage and market capitalization, while trading volume significantly influences and has a positive correlation with the overreaction phenomenon.

Effect of Debt Default, Disclosure, and Financial Distress on the Receiving of Going Concern Audit Opinions

The research aimed to investigate the impact of debt default, disclosure, and financial distress on the acknowledgment of going concern audit opinion in manufacturing companies. The research uses a quantitative type of data complimented with secondary data retrieved from the official website of Indonesia Stock Exchange. The data used in this research from the purposive sampling method with 108 samples, consisting of 36 manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2018. The research uses the logistic regression as the data analysis method with several statistical tests which include descriptive statistics, multicolinearity, fit test goodness, etc. The results show that only financial distress influences the acknowledgment of going concern audit opinion, while other independent variables such as debt default and disclosure do not affect the acceptance of going concern audit opinion. The research is limited since it only refers to the manufacturing industry sector. Therefore, it is suggested that future research expand the scope by obtaining more firms’ sample from industrial sectors and using other independent variables to achieve a more accurate results.

Factors Affecting Online Donation Intention in Donation-based Crowdfunding

The research aimed to determine the factors affecting online donation intention of Generation Y, particularly in donation-based crowdfunding in Indonesia, because even though online donation had been trending in Indonesia, not all donation projects are successful. Therefore further research was needed to identify factors that influence the success of an online donation project. Using quantitative method, the research used combination of Theory of Planned Behavior (Attitude, Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioral Control), Social Presence Theory, and S-O-R Theory (Website Quality, Transaction Convenience, Perceived Credibility). The research used purposive sampling with total of 118 respondents. The result of the analysis suggests that millennials’ intention to donate is significantly affected by the perceived credibility of the crowdfunding platform. This is mainly because the transaction is conducted online, hence the donors are concerned about whether their donation is going to be distributed properly. Subsequently, the perceived credibility of crowdfunding platform is significantly affected by social presence, website quality, and transaction convenience, which support previous research related to Social Presence Theory and S-O-R Theory. Meanwhile, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control have no significant impact on intention to donate, which may be due to several issues such as trust and security issues considering the donation is conducted through online. The crowdfunding platforms and fundraisers in Indonesia are expected to have guidelines about important aspects that may affect individual’s intention to donate in crowdfunding platform.

Women’s Support in Resilience of Online Taxi Drivers’ Families in Jakarta During Covid-19 Pandemic

The research objective was to assess the women’s support to maintain the resilience of online taxi drivers’ families in Jakarta during COVID-19 pandemic using qualitative methods. Data collection method was completed by conducting interview with four participants, who are the wives of online taxi-bike drivers. Four dimensions were believed to be important for family resilience within the pandemic, namely women’s support to integrity variable, physical endurance, economic resilience, and social-psychological resilience. The research finds various important women’s support in maintaining the family resilience during COVID-19 pandemic. It is found that women as wives are able to retain good communication between family members, provide nutritious food for family members, support economic resilience by minimizing expenditures, manage to teach children at home while taking care of younger babies, and so forth. The research limitation is on the variability of the participants. It is suggested that further research implement quantitative methods to gain more data and expand the number of participants for more exploration.