Özet:

Trade is one of the long-standing fields in human life. Developments in the fields of communication and technology from the past to the present have created different grounds for trade. Social commerce is one of the developing new trade environments of today that emerges at the intersection of social media platforms and commercial activities. In this study, the interests of the banking sector employees on social trade are examined by comparing based on demographic characteristics. Survey method was preferred for data collection from participants. In the pilot study, 81 bank staffs participated in the study. Following the pilot study, Following the pilot study, 402 participants answered the questions in the questionnaire developed for banking sector employees. Factor analysis was performed on the responses and five different interest topics were identified in addition to general interest. As a result of the analyzes, the differences between the demographic characteristics of the participants were examined according to the five different interests. As a result of this study, it was concluded that the social commerce interests of young participants were higher than those of other demographic characteristics. Furthermore, it was also concluded that female participants have more interest to social commerce activities in terms of gender characteristics.

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