Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PANGASINAN II
SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GUIBEL/CAPAOAY, SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are group 4 of HUMSS 1- D SHAKESPERE the researchers of San Jacinto Capaoay Senior
High School, we would like to thank God for the courage, love and mercy He showered to us.
We would like to thank our family for the love, understanding and support. For the knowledge
and encouragement they always remind to us. We would also like to express our gratitude to all
the people who have given their full support in making this study successful. To the Panel
members who spend their time in guiding and assessing our research paper in our defenses to
create a better study. To our classmates and friends, to our apprentices that serves as our mentor,
and to the previous students who serve us our guidance and stem of knowledge with their
research work for the accomplishment of this study. To the classes that we disturbed when we
floated questionnaire, we whole heartedly thank you for the kindness, service and patience that
you gave to me. Finally, we would like to thank our Practical Research teacher Ma’am Jessica
Reyes for her guidance, motivation and gracious support of this study. He had given us
appropriate example and knowledge in order to make us understand this research study. She also
fulfils the sufficient knowledge in developing our research and guide and teaches us
compassionately.
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Department of Education
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SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GUIBEL/CAPAOAY, SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN

DEDICATION
First, we dedicate this research study to our Almighty God, who gave us strength and knowledge
in everyday life. A special gratitude to our beloved parents, for their unconditional understanding
and moral support. We also dedicate this study to my classmates, friends and apprentices who
have supported us throughout the process. Lastly, special appreciation to our research adviser
Ma’am Jessica Reyes being a walk through to our research study and for the patience that she
gave to us and a knowledgeable experience in making our study.
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Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PANGASINAN II
SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GUIBEL/CAPAOAY, SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN

ONLINE BUSINESS AS A SOURCE OF INCOME BY THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

S.Y 2021-2022

Chapter 1

INTRODDUCTION

BACKGROUND

This is the world of information technology. Everybody wants to do every work at one finger

click. Gone are the days where customers have to go to market only to buy products. The internet

facility is used for online shopping. Now customers can buy anything, anywhere and at any point

of time without any hassles. In India, 243,198,922 people are using internet till 2014 and

globally Asian countries have 48.4% of internet users among the world and now the access to

online shopping is also increasing (http: //www.internetlivestats. com/internet-users/).

Online shopping refers to the buying and selling of the products from electronic commerce with

the help of browser or mobile application. It is also known as e-tail, word generated from

electronic retail. Online shopping attracts large numbers of customers not only because of high

levels of convenience, but because of wide selections, competitive pricing, and bigger access to

information (https:// en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Online _ shopping). Customers can purchase

anything online from online websites or from online stores (Monuwe et al 2004). The modern

world gives this virtual world a new definition- Net generation, which is made up of individuals

both between 1977 and 1997. The first generation grew up surrounded by digital media and the

internet. For those born before 1970‟s, the online market a new innovation for them so they are

less familiar with online shopping. Pre net generations have a relatively lower capability to

utilize the excess of information available on the net( Kin D & Ammeter, A,2008).

Global lockdown, social distancing, and other measures introduced to limit the spread of the

COVID-19 pandemic have urged consumers to purchase more on the online marketplaces [2].

The business landscape faced rapid transformations during the quarantine period as a result.

Ultimately, the corona crisis accelerated the development of digital commerce. Globally, a new

digitally immersed consumer has emerged, a more selective one, with financial difficulties.

Income losses, limited transport opportunities, and pandemic mitigation measures, which caused

the reduction of supplier activities, have forced B2B manufacturers and sellers to reduce

production and marketing costs, find new suppliers both abroad and within the country, and

accelerate decision making. National companies received opportunities to diversify their product

portfolio for the purposes of import substitution and to supply other firms and branches of

foreign companies with necessary resources [3,4]. B2C markets, on the other hand, encountered

a decline in purchasing power and cross-border mobility. On top of that, consumers shifted
toward health and safety while maintaining a preference for inexpensive goods and services [5].

Products that bring comfort and a sense of cosiness to a living space received more attention than

they normally would. Overall, the uncertainty and unpredictability of the situation made

consumers postpone some of their demands [6]. The industrial market and consumer market both

faced a need to accelerate digitalization and make it easy to find and purchase items online [7,8].

The pandemic sparked a meteoric rise in online sales. As visits to physical stores were restricted,

and many were running low on money, consumers went online to shop, causing online purchases

to grow higher and higher [9]. Consumers were generally mindful shoppers even before the

pandemic [10]. Because of this, some shopping categories such as experiences were gradually

downgraded on their priority lists, and COVID-19 accelerated things in this direction [11]. The

COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lifestyles and motivations of many people, such that their

purchasing behaviours also changed.

Students have different attainments performance, the act of purchasing a product or service from
an e-store using a website or app is known as online shopping. According to Tarhini et al.
(2021), online buying is gaining popularity due to the opportunity to save time and effort.
Furthermore, in terms of perception versus actual experience, online purchasing differs from
direct e-store and indirect e-store.Switching traditional commerce or trading to digital in order
to survive was one issue that drew attention on a global scale. Walmart reported a 74
percent rise in online sales in April 2020, despite low customer walk-ins at stores (Nassauer,
2020; Redman, 2020). When consumers buy from an indirect e-store rather than a direct e-
store in developing countries, there is a mismatch between their impression and their real
experience. On the contrary, the COVID-19 epidemic has wreaked havoc on numerous
industries around the world, including business. According to De Vos (2020), a global
shutdown was established to prevent the virus from spreading.
Switching traditional commerce or trading to digital in order to survive was one issue that
drew attention on a global scale. Walmart reported a 74 percent rise in online sales in April
2020, despite low customer walk-ins at stores (Nassauer, 2020; Redman, 2020). The present
study seeks to assess these changes. In achieving this goal, the study will determine the impact of
the pandemic among students who chose online business as their source if income during these
trying times. Furthermore, this study aims to identify the effects of online business into student’s
life; as a seller and a consumer.
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Statement of the Problem

Generally, this study aims to determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among selected

Grade 11 Senior high Students of San Jacinto National High School who chose online business

as a source of income.

Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What is the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among students?

2. What is the effect of online business to the student’s as a seller?

3. What is the effect of online business to the student’s as a consumer?

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SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Significance of the Study

The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among students who

chose online business as a source of income. This study will also serve as a guideline to research

which is related with how the online business affects the students as a seller and a consumer.

Since pandemic started, online business achieve its peak, thus, this study is interesting.

Hopefully, this research will give better understanding on the phenomenon of online business as

a new form of shopping.

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PANGASINAN II
SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GUIBEL/CAPAOAY, SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN

Scope and Delimitation

This research will focus on to finding out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among students

who chose online business as a source of income. Moreover, this study will identify the effects of

online business to students as a seller and a consumer.

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PANGASINAN II
SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GUIBEL/CAPAOAY, SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN

Definition of Terms

Consumer

 A person who purchases goods and services for personal use.

Online business

Refers to any kind of business activity that happens over the internet. Running an online business

can include buying and selling online or providing an online service.

Pandemic

Prevalent over a whole country or the world

Seller

A person who sells something.

Source of Income
 Something that provides a regular supply of money

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Conceptual Paradigm

Input-Process-Output Model

Input Input
1.Personal Profile of the
respondents

a. Stating the Problem

2. Level of Self-efficacy in terms of b. Gathering Data
their:
c. Develop the Questionnaire
a.age
d. Validation of the
b. gender Questionnaire
C.grade level e. Floating the Questionnaire
f. Tabulation of Results
3.Level of Self-efficacy on their
performed practices

4. General level of self-efficacy

Figure 1.1-The model represents the Input-Process-Output Model

of the Level of Self-efficacy of Senior High students.
 CHAPTER 2
REVIEW LITERATURE AND STUDIES

According to Thomas L. Mesenbourg, “Electronic business (e-business) is any process that a

business organization conducts over computer-mediated networks. Business organizations
include any for-profit or non-profit entity. Examples of major electronic business process
categories include online purchasing, selling, production management, logistics, as well as
internal communication and support services.”(Mesenbourg, 2001). The SCALES (SCientific
AnaLysis of Entrepreneurship and SMEs) Institute conducted the “Research Report H200111” in
which a basic model of working of a small business was explained. It further discusses
opportunities, resources, and strategies that are fundamental for entrepreneurship continuation
and development (Kemp & Verhoeven, 2002). More opportunities mean more customers, and a
better reallocation of resources means that advertising on the Internet costs less. In the end, it
means that e-commerce costs less for small-to-medium sized businesses. In the last fifteen years,
economists have started to study the phenomenon of Internet and e-commerce connected with
globalization and new, innovative forms of marketing. Two major studies of this are Gordon
Robert’s Does The "New Economy" Measure Up To The Great Inventions Of The Past? (2000)
and Bruce Kogut’s The Global 554 Barhatov V. et al. / Procedia - Social and Behavioral
Sciences 238 ( 2018 ) 552 – 561 Internet Economy (2004). Both books accurately analyzed how
the Internet was transforming social life in this new economic context all around the world.
Another important contribution to this study was by Baily Martin and Robert Lawrence in 2001
when they wrote the essay Do We Have a New E-conomy? for the “American Economic
Review, in which they explained some of the significance of this new mode of doing business. E-
commerce is changing not only the society but significantly, how operators are working within
the economy. Jim Kelly, CEO and Chairman of the Board for UPS is of the opinion that the
business model is changing, and their focus is changing, too. UPS is aware that e-commerce
represents the only way to make the company more competitive and attractive for customers who
are requiring different services that are more connected with e-commerce (Ross, 2001). E-
commerce originated in the U.S.A. and the diffusion of the Internet and e-commerce was fast,
breaking out into a continually inter-connected global community. For this reason, after less than
ten years people all around the world understood the importance of this new instrument, not only
for society but also for the economy. At the end of previous century, in Russia, R. Tsvylev
demonstrated the connection between network economy and a global world; indeed, he thinks
that e-commerce, along with the development of information technologies, will be leading to the
evolution of modern economies (Tsvylev, 1996). Today e-commerce is changing very quickly
because there are new requests from customers and this service must satisfy them. One of the
most important questions to consider if a customer were to buy or sell on the Internet, is the
problem about the privacy, integrity, and security of online transactions (Duh & Others, 2002).
Connected with the e-commerce phenomenon are two other important questions that are not
resolved yet: the first is about the law of the Internet. Today in every nation there is a specific
Internet law, so an international company can have some problems when it wants to operate
abroad. That is why it is important to create a a set of laws governing the Internet that gives the
possibility of operating easily in the e-commerce sector (Rustad, 2014). The second point is the
method of payment; a recent practice on the Internet is the ability to pay by using bitcoins. A
traditional international transaction requires a third party that can be a bank or a financial
institution that can operate in the currency market. With the creation of a common virtual coin,
like bitcoins, operators will have the ability to conclude economic operations faster, removing a
third of the time that would be needed by a traditional exchange (Schroeder J., 2015). Today the
metamorphosis of the Internet as the new practice of e-commerce represents an important theme
of research in different fields. The definition of e-commerce, for example, includes intracompany
functions as marketing, finance, selling and negotiation (Zhou, 2004).  

CHAPTER 3
A.RESEARCH DESIGN
Phenomenological Studies
In this study, the research design is Phenomenological Studies. According to Donalek (2004),
phenomenological studies examine human experiences through descriptions provided by the
people involved and these experiences must be lived experiences. Therefore, this design is the
most suitable design for this study because respondents will be asked to describe their
experiences towards the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in their life which make them chose
an online business as their source of income.

B. RESEARCH INTRUMENTS

Reseach Instrument Used To getvthe appropriate data needed, We the researchers will have
questionnaires. The questions consist only three (3) items. The first question is asking about
impact of COVID-19 pandemic akong students. Second question is about the effect of online
business to the students as a seller. And lastly, the effect of online business to yhr students as a
consumer.

C.SOURCE OF DATA COLLECTION

The data are information or facts gathered to answer research questions. The source of data in
the study are the selected respondents who are the Senior High School Students of San Jacinto
National High School who chose online business as a source of income during the time of
pandemic. The researchers used qualitative approach which the form of data is utterances.
According to Marshall (2006) “Qualitative approach typically relies on four methods for
gathering information: 1) participating in the setting, 2) observing directly, 3) interviewing in
depth, and 4) analyzing documents and material culture.
 CHAPTER 4
Result and Discussion

Presentation of Data
Q.1 What is the impact of Q.2 What is the effect of Q.3 What is the effect of
covid-19 among students? online business to the student online business to the
as a seller? students as a consumer?
Respondent 1: Can’t focus to Having extra Tiredness etc.
their studies money/allowance
Respondent 2: Students are Online business can affect a Students can affected for
being lazy student’s lifestyle, because spending money of one item
they can have more income on online business
like me
Respondent 3: As a student, It gives more time to do our Easy access
the impact of covid-19 has school works at the same time
advantage and disadvantage earning money
the advantage are in at home
studying and I don’t need to
spend money for ride going to
school, and disadvantage are
not all the lessons cannot be
adopted well and i would not
experience the pressure and
excitement at school
Respondent 4: The impact of The effect of online business It makes it easier for students
covid-19 pandemic among to the students as a seller is for what they need or want
students is hard, also mental good because posting online
breakdown and stress can make more costumer and
specially home
Respondent 5: The covid-19 As a student seller the effect The effect of online business
pandemic on student life of online business can help to the students as a consumer
become significant. These them for some financial need is good because you don’t
can be for example even sometimes it’s need to go in the physical
experiencing more work load, complicated store looking your desired
adopting oneself to an online needs to top, click and check
learning mode immediately the quality of the item
moving back to home without
sufficient preparation but can
also include more worries due
 to uncertainly and fear of
pandemic

ANALYSIS AND INTEPRETATION OF DATA

In Question 1, the result shows that covid-19 had its impact among students, respondents listed
their answered as it follows; can’t focus to their studies, students are being lazy, as a student, the
impact of covid-19 has advantage and disadvantage the advantage are in at home studying and I
don’t need to spend money for ride going to school, and disadvantage are not all the lessons
cannot be adopted well and I would not experience the pressure and excitement at school, the
impact of covid-19 pandemic among students is hard, also mental breakdown and stress, the
covid-19 pandemic on student’s life become significant, these can be for example experiencing
more workload, adapting oneself to an online learning mode immediately, or moving back to
home without sufficient preparation but can also include more worries due to uncertainly and
fear of pandemic. Thus, COVID-19 pandemic impacts the student’s working and studying habits
whereas the traditional education turns into a modernize way of learning--- an online learning,
negatively and/or positively.
In Question 2, the result shows that the online business positively effects an online seller.
Respondent 1 stated that “having an extra money/allowance” is the effect of online business to
them, this means that as they are studying, they are also earning their own money.
In Question 3, the result implies that purchasing in online business increase their habits of
spending more money as a consumer. Furthermore, some respondents said that online shopping
is easy to access as “click ang check-out” according to respondent 5.