Personal and external determinants of medical bloggers' knowledge sharing behavior

Karimi, Faezeh; Poo, Danny Chiang Choon

doi:10.1002/meet.2009.1450460242

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“…In addition, cancer patients and their companions reported gaining information through their blogging activities and also found the information to be satisfactory. Karimi and Poo (2009) investigated the factors affecting medical bloggers' information sharing behaviour. Enjoyment in helping others and reputation were found to have significant direct effect on information sharing, while encouragement by others, identification, and interaction ties showed no significant direct affect.…”

Section: Sharing Health-related Information In Discussion Forums and mentioning

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Requesting and providing information in blogs and internet discussion forums

Savolainen

2011

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -The major aim of this study is to find out whether people articulate their information needs and provide information to others differently in online sites of various types, more specifically, blogs and Internet discussion forums. Design/methodology/approach -The study is based on the analysis of ten blogs and 40 threads of Suomi24, a Finnish Internet discussion forum. The blogs and discussion threads focus on the same topic, that is, coping with depression. For the study, 1044 blog postings, 1727 bloggers´ and blog readers´ comments and 1236 messages written by the discussion forum participants were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis. Findings -The bloggers, blog readers and discussion group participants mainly articulated needs related to getting an opinion or evaluation of an issue, while needs for factual information and procedural information about possible ways of action were presented less frequently. Information provision drew strongly on the use of personal knowledge. There were no remarkable differences between the types of online sites with regard to the articulation of information needs and using sources for providing information to others. Research limitations/implications -The findings are based on the analysis of a limited number of Finnish blogs and discussion threads in the field of coping with depression. Thus, the findings cannot be generalized to all online forums of these kinds. Practical implications -Blogs and Internet discussion forums provide useful sites to pose questions for online contributors and to get opinions as well as factual information about the ways to cope with depression. Originality/value -The study is unique in that it compares information needs and information provision in online sites of various types.

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Section: Sharing Health-related Information In Discussion Forums and mentioning

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Requesting and providing information in blogs and internet discussion forums

Savolainen

2011

Journal of Documentation

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“…Medical care centers like other professional organizations need the latest information in their areas of expertise to provide better services so that they can be synchronized with the latest developments. Therefore, health-care organizations are one of the typical knowledge-intensive organizations (Karimi and Chiang Choon Poo, 2009;Mansingh et al, 2009). Clinical information has traditionally been disseminated with the help of apprenticeship and the personal analysis of published contents.…”

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A new model for investigating the factors influencing the innovation in medical services

Yang

Bandarchi

2020

VJIKMS

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Purpose This paper tries to examine attitude toward knowledge sharing (KS) for improving the innovation in medical services. So, this paper aims to analyze the influence of information technology (IT), staff, hospital cultures and patients and their families on the attitude toward KS and also examine the influence of attitude toward KS on innovation in medical services. Design/methodology/approach This paper presented a project plan that contains five research hypotheses, with attitude toward KS as a mediating construct. In this paper, Smart PLS 3.0 is implemented to study the calculation. The hypotheses are tested on data collected using structural equation modeling. Data was collected using questionnaires from a hospital in Iran. The statistical population of this research is unlimited. Through using the sample measurement method, the sample size for structural equations has come to be 384. Findings The results showed that all theories of the project are proved. Also, they indicated the importance of IT as an important factor in attitude toward KS and the latter's influence on the innovation in medical services. Furthermore, the attitude toward KS influences positively on innovation in medical services. As a general result, the managers of health organizations should empower employees to participate in decision-making and encourage them to resolve problems together and share medical information to promote innovation in medical services. Research limitations/implications This research must be carefully defined and accepted because the study information had special restrictions. At first, a prejudice was created, because the sample was self-selected. Second, the participants were living in Iran. There were different cultures and lifestyles among countries. Third, this research sample consisted only of hospital staff and managers. Moreover, little empirical research has been conducted on this topic in Iran. Iran’s culture is considerably different from Western culture, and it is unknown whether the same questionnaire that is used in the Iran context can be used in the Western context. In further studies, this research could be extended to contain other psychosocial elements that permit KS in institutions and increase innovation. Practical implications The medical industry is knowledge-intensive, remains a competitive advantage and accumulates knowledge, and the hospitals are the main subject. The role of this research according to providing a functional-theoretical plan enables authorities and practitioners to access thoughts about efficient stimulation attitude toward KS on innovation in medical services in the health sector. Also, the findings of this study at the same time are implemented to study relations between knowledge-sharing elements such as enablers, processes and firm innovation capability. Originality/value Modern study design enables the relations between IT and other influential elements on attitude toward KS and innovation in medical services to be analyzed. This design determines the coexistence of the participation and contest relations among participants, which is not studied in past researches. From a management point of view, this research determined various elements essential to a successful attitude toward KS and investigated the usage of these elements for improving innovation in medical services.

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“…In addition, cancer patients and their companions reported gaining information through their blogging activities and also found the information to be satisfactory. More recently, Karimi and Poo (2009) investigated the factors affecting medical bloggers' information sharing behaviour. Enjoyment in helping others and reputation were found to have significant direct affect on information sharing behaviour, while encouragement by others, identification, and interaction ties showed no significant direct affect.…”

Section: Literature Review Blogs and Their Usementioning

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Social support and mental health

Jang

2018

JAPC

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Immigrants experience adversity and hardship in a new environment. These experiences negatively affect their psychological well-being. Online support forums are preferred channels to seek and receive social support for mental health issues. Accordingly, this study analyzed online support forums for Chinese and Korean immigrant women, focusing on different types of mental health problems, support-seeking strategies used, social support received and the relationships between them. Asian immigrant women with mental health problems primarily sought social support by sharing their personal experiences and received informational support “most”. Informational support was most frequently offered for depression, anxiety disorder, and personality disorder, but emotional support was most frequently provided for impulse control. While informational support was most commonly offered with requests for information, emotional support was most repeatedly reported for statements of extreme behavior.

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Personal and external determinants of medical bloggers' knowledge sharing behavior

Cited by 11 publications

References 52 publications

Requesting and providing information in blogs and internet discussion forums

Requesting and providing information in blogs and internet discussion forums

A new model for investigating the factors influencing the innovation in medical services

Social support and mental health

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