کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
553256 873464 2014 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Understanding knowledge contributors’ satisfaction in transactional virtual communities: A cost–benefit trade-off perspective
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر سیستم های اطلاعاتی
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Understanding knowledge contributors’ satisfaction in transactional virtual communities: A cost–benefit trade-off perspective
چکیده انگلیسی


• Extrinsic benefit plays an important role in the TVC context.
• Cost factors matter in the TVC context.
• Goal attainment mediates the effects of benefits and costs on satisfaction.
• Opportunity cost is more important than actual cost.

This study investigates knowledge contributors’ satisfaction with a distinct type of virtual communities (i.e., transactional virtual communities, TVCs), where knowledge sharing is guided mainly under the principle of economic exchange, and cost–benefit tradeoff is the primary motive for knowledge sharing. Drawing upon the goal attainment theory, we examine the effects of two types of benefits (i.e., extrinsic and intrinsic) and two types of costs (i.e., actual and opportunity) on knowledge contributors’ satisfaction, and highlight the mediating role of perceived net goal attainment. A field survey with 205 subjects in a TVC in China is conducted to test the research model.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Information & Management - Volume 51, Issue 4, June 2014, Pages 441–450
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