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Fame and fortune, or just fun? A study on why people create content on video platforms
Maria Törhönen, Max Sjöblom, Lobna Hassan, Juho HamariThe purpose of this paper is to examine the motivations behind online video content creation on services such as YouTube and Twitch. These activities, performed by private…
The Olympic Games and associative sponsorship: Brand personality identity creation, communication and congruence
Richard Rutter, John Nadeau, Ulf Aagerup, Fiona LetticeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the brand relationships between a mega-sports event, the Olympic Games, and its branded main sponsors, using the lens of brand personality.
To be attractive or to be authentic? How two competing motivations influence self-presentation in online dating
Kun PengThis paper examines how and why online daters, differentiated by gender, strategically self-present in online dating profiles when pursuing two competing goals: attracting…
Value co-creation in firm sponsored online communities: What enables, constrains, and shapes value
Diah Priharsari, Babak Abedin, Emmanuel MastioThe purpose of this paper is to explore enablers and constraints in value co-creation in sponsored online communities, and to identify firm roles in shaping value…
Development and validation of an internet entrepreneurial self-efficacy scale
Yi-Shun Wang, Timmy H. Tseng, Yu-Min Wang, Chun-Wei ChuUnderstanding people’s intentions to be an internet entrepreneur is an important issue for educators, academics and practitioners. The purpose of this paper is to develop…
Motivations of employees' communicative behaviors on social media: Individual, interpersonal, and organizational factors
Yeunjae LeeGiven that an increasing number of social media platforms allow employees to share company-related information, the present study seeks to understand their complicated…
Enterprise social media: combating turnover in businesses
Murad Moqbel, Valerie L. Bartelt, Kazim Topuz, Kitty L. GehrtThe purpose of this study is to investigate how enterprise social media (ESM) use combats turnover by impacting work perceptions, and ultimately turnover intention.
Relative advantage of interactive electronic banking adoption by premium customers: The moderating role of social capital
Chun Kwong Chan, Yulin Fang, Huifang LiThe purpose of this paper is to develop a nuanced understanding of premium customers’ intent to adopt an interactive electronic channel (IEC) and the moderating role of…
Show me your expertise before teaming up: Sharing online profiles predicts success in open innovation
Ruqin Ren, Bei Yan, Lian JianThe purpose of this paper is to examine how communication practices influence individuals’ team assembly and performance in open innovation contests.
Engaging with TV events on Twitter: The interrelations between TV consumption, engagement actors, and engagement content
Claire Monique Segijn, Ewa Maslowska, Theo Araujo, Vijay ViswanathanThe purpose of this paper is to explore the interrelationship between television (TV) consumption (viewing ratings), engagement behaviors of different actors on Twitter…
Knowledge recommendation for workplace learning: a system design and evaluation perspective
Shuang Geng, Lijing Tan, Ben Niu, Yuanyue Feng, Li ChenAlthough digitalization in the workplace is burgeoning, tools are needed to facilitate personalized learning in informal learning settings. Existing knowledge…
Exploring oppositional loyalty and satisfaction in firm-hosted communities in China: Effects of social capital and e-quality
Ruoyu Liang, Wei Guo, Linghao ZhangAn increasing number of companies have become aware of the considerable commercial potential of firm-hosted online communities (FOC) and initiated their own platform for…
Is boredom proneness related to social media overload and fatigue? A stress–strain–outcome approach
Eoin Whelan, A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Stoney BrooksSocial media overload and fatigue have become common phenomena that are negatively affecting people's well-being and productivity. It is, therefore, important to…
Factors influencing people’s continuous watching intention and consumption intention in live streaming: Evidence from China
Fangfang Hou, Zhengzhi Guan, Boying Li, Alain Yee Loong ChongThe purpose of this paper is to investigate what factors can affect people’s continuous watching and consumption intentions in live streaming.
Information privacy concern and deception in online retailing: The moderating effect of online–offline information integration
Yang Li, Hefu Liu, Matthew Lee, Qian HuangPrevious studies have attempted to address online uncertainties from the relationship marketing perspective. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the integration of…
What’s love got to do with it? Place brand love and viral videos
Carola Strandberg, Maria Ek StyvénThe purpose of this paper is to explore the role of brand love in place brand communication by incorporating potential antecedents and behavioral outcomes of place brand…
The network ROI: Concept, metrics, and measurement of social media returns (a Facebook experiment)
Gohar Khan, Manar Mohaisen, Matthias TrierLeveraging social action theory, social network theory and the notion of network externality, the purpose of this paper is to model two different return on investment…
Collaborating with technology-based autonomous agents: Issues and research opportunities
Isabella Seeber, Lena Waizenegger, Stefan Seidel, Stefan Morana, Izak Benbasat, Paul Benjamin LowryThis article reports the results from a panel discussion held at the 2019 European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) on the use of technology-based autonomous…
The impacts of the privacy policy on individual trust in health information exchanges (HIEs)
Pouyan EsmaeilzadehHealth information exchange (HIE) initiatives utilize sharing mechanisms through which health information is mostly transmitted without a patient's close supervision;…
Enhancing consumer engagement in e-commerce live streaming via relational bonds
Mingyao Hu, Sohail S. ChaudhryEnhancing consumer engagement in e-commerce live streaming is critical for e-commerce operators to build relationships and create consumer loyalty. Using the…
The dilemma of social commerce: Why customers avoid peer-generated advertisements in mobile social networks
Xiaodong Li, Chuang Wang, Yanping ZhangDue to customers' extensive avoidance behavior, social commerce may be less successful than anticipated. This study investigates the underlying mechanism and antecedents…
International buyers’ repurchase intentions in a Chinese cross-border e-commerce platform: A valence framework perspective
Jian Mou, Jason Cohen, Yongxiang Dou, Bo ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model of the uncertainties and benefits influencing the repurchase intentions of buyers in cross-border e-commerce (CBEC).
Understanding public opinion in different disaster stages: a case study of Hurricane Irma
Zhan Xu, Kenneth Lachlan, Lauren Ellis, Adam Michael RainearSocial media, such as Twitter, has become the first and the most frequent place to visit in order to gain information and establish situational awareness in emergencies…
Exploring the motivation of affect management in fostering social media engagement and related insights for branding
Fathima Zahara Saleem, Oriol IglesiasThe purpose of this paper is to present an affect-based perspective to explain levels of social media engagement.
Complicating or simplifying? Investigating the mixed impacts of online product information on consumers’ purchase decisions
Yan Yu, Ben Qianqian Liu, Jin-Xing Hao, Chuanqi WangPrior literature indicates conflicting effects of online product information, which may complicate or simplify consumer purchase decisions. Therefore, the purpose of this…
Research on the influence of balance patch on players' character preference
Qi Wang, Yi Yang, Zhengren Li, Na Liu, Xiaohang ZhangThe balance patch is an important but not well studied area to maintain game fairness and improve player entertainment. In this paper, we examine the effect of balance…
How does negative experience sharing influence happiness in online brand community? A dual-path model
Zhimin Zhou, Ge Zhan, Nan ZhouConsumers share negative brand experience in many occasions to vent their emotion and seek support. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of negative…
Bundling cloud software to fight piracy: an economic analysis
Xiong Zhang, Wei T. Yue, Wendy HuiThe emergence of internet-enabled technology has led to the software service model in which the software firm, instead of the consumer, maintains software ownership. This…
Do online reviews still matter post-purchase?
Hongfei Liu, Chanaka Jayawardhena, Victoria-Sophie Osburg, Mujahid Mohiuddin BabuThe influence of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) information, such as online reviews, on consumers’ decision making is well documented, but it is unclear if online reviews…
Effects of cue congruence and perceived cue authenticity in online group buying
Karen C. Kao, Sally Rao Hill, Indrit TroshaniThe study investigates how the congruence of online deal popularity and star rating influences service quality expectation in online group buying (OGB) websites. It also…
Abusive supervisors and employees who cyberloaf: Examining the roles of psychological capital and contract breach
Upasnaa A. Agarwal, James B. AveyThe purpose of this study is to examine the effects of abusive supervision on cyberloafing behavior, to test the mediating role of PsyCap in this relationship and the…
Understanding continuance intention in traffic-related social media: Comparing a multi-channel information community and a community-based application
Jengchung Victor Chen, Trang Nguyen, Marissa OncheunjitRecent technological advances have led to the growing popularity of traffic-related social media platforms which facilitate drivers to easily share, consume and exchange…
It is so! (if you think so!) – IT professionals’ social representation of cloud computing
Luiz Antonio Joia, Gustavo MarchisottiThis study aims to identify the social representation of cloud computing from the perspective of Information Technology (IT) professionals in emerging countries, comparing…
Development and validation of a parental social media mediation scale across child and parent samples
Shirley Ho, May O. Lwin, Liang Chen, Minyi ChenSocial media use carries both opportunities and risks for children and adolescents. In order to reduce the negative impacts of social media on youth, the authors focus our…
Impacts of user interactions on trust development in C2C social commerce: The central role of reciprocity
Wilson K.S. Leung, Si Shi, Wing S. ChowThe purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of two types of reciprocity (restricted reciprocity and generalized reciprocity) on customers’ trust in social…
Disentangling the factors driving electronic word-of-mouth use through a configurational approach
Ping Wang, Hongxiu Li, Yong LiuThe purpose of this paper is to show how different combinations of the subdimensions of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) information quality (consisting of its accuracy…
Emotion as signal of product quality: Its effect on purchase decision based on online customer reviews
Xiaopan Wang, Junpeng Guo, Yi Wu, Na LiuInformation asymmetry is an inevitable issue in e-commerce and largely hampers the development of online shopping. The purpose of this paper is to propose a model to…
Digital athletics in analogue stadiums: Comparing gratifications for engagement between live attendance and online esports spectating
Max Sjöblom, Joseph Macey, Juho HamariEsports (electronic sports) are watched by hundreds of millions of people every year and many esports have overtaken large traditional sports in spectator numbers. The…
Seeing is not always believing: an exploratory study of clickbait in WeChat
Wenping Zhang, Wei Du, Yiyang Bian, Chih-Hung Peng, Qiqi JiangThe purpose of this study is to unpack the antecedents and consequences of clickbait prevalence in online media at two different levels, namely, (1) Headline-level: what…
Measuring online live streaming of perceived servicescape: Scale development and validation on behavior outcome
Yu-Hsin Chen, Min-Cing Chen, Ching-Jui KengThis study aimed to develop and validate an online live streaming perceived servicescape (OLSPS) scale that can help platform service providers to develop strategies for…
I like my app but I wanna try yours: exploring user switching from a learning perspective
Jie Gu, Xiaolun Wang, Tian LuThe purpose of this paper is to explain the “good-to-good” app switching phenomenon that has not been specifically addressed in the prior switching literature. Drawing on…
Are overqualified employees bad apples? A dual-pathway model of cyberloafing
Junwei Zhang, Muhammad Naseer Akhtar, Yajun Zhang, Shan SunDrawing from cognitive and emotional perspectives, the purpose of this paper is to theorize and test a dual-pathway model in which moral disengagement and anger toward…
What makes people send gifts via social network services? A mixed methods approach
So-Hyun Lee, Su-Jin Choi, Hee-Woong KimSocial network services (SNS) gifting is a new business model, but many SNS providers continue to face challenges as they explore ways to increase their revenues from…
The individual performance outcome behind e-commerce: Integrating information systems success and overall trust
Carlos Tam, Ana Loureiro, Tiago OliveiraWhile most e-commerce studies focus on the understanding of online customer behaviour, mainly adoption and purchase behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to examine the…
Classifying online corporate reputation with machine learning: a study in the banking domain
Anette Rantanen, Joni Salminen, Filip Ginter, Bernard J. JansenUser-generated social media comments can be a useful source of information for understanding online corporate reputation. However, the manual classification of these…
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