An investigation of information sharing and seeking behaviors in online investment communities

Understanding user participation in online communities: A systematic literature review of empirical studies

“…The most commonly applied qualitative metrics measure the subjective experiences of member satisfaction, belonging to the community, and the quality of relationships between members. The use of these metrics is explained by the assumption that high member satisfaction, experienced sense of belonging, and friendships formed in the community predict a low turnover rate and increase participation (Cullen & Morse, 2011;Escobar, Kommers, & Beldad, 2014;Park, Gu, Leung, & Konana, 2014). In order to develop more comprehensive metrics for understanding member behavior, intentions to contribute and the usefulness of contributions made in the community have been used to test the impact of active participation in the success of the community (Kang, Tang, & Fiore, 2014).…”

Privacy in the Sharing Economy

“…Participants within a community improve their reputation by sharing information (Park, Gu, Leung, & Konana, 2014). This mechanism can be incentivized if a higher reputation provides financial benefits (Cabral & Hortacsu, 2010;Ert et al, 2016).…”

Designing Effective Performance Feedback Notification Systems to Stimulate Content Contribution: Evidence from a Crowdsourcing Recipe Platform

“…The notion of SVO aligns well with our research context because it speaks, at one end of the spectrum, to individuals' motives for contributing to the public good, helping others i.e., pro-social orientation, and, at the other end of the spectrum, to individuals' desire to build image and reputation, which may derive from outperforming other users i.e., competitive orientation [37][38][39]. That is, on the one hand, contributing UGC can 4 benefit the collective by providing more content for others to consume, yet on the other hand, individuals also obtain "image-related" utility by attracting a greater share of peers' attention [37][38][39].…”

“…That is, on the one hand, contributing UGC can 4 benefit the collective by providing more content for others to consume, yet on the other hand, individuals also obtain "image-related" utility by attracting a greater share of peers' attention [37][38][39]. In the context of online UGC contribution, the literature suggests that social motivation plays a predominant role [21].…”