Determinants of successful virtual communities: Contributions from system characteristics and social factors

By Hsiu-Fen Lin. Information Manager (The), 2008

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Subfields: Communication, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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To give or to receive? Factors influencing members' knowledge sharing and community promotion in professional virtual communities (2010, unknown): “Interpersonal trust (ITR) (adapted from [20,21,27,34,35])”
Demographic differences in perceived benefits from gamification (2014, background): “…& 2008) Reciprocal benefit The perceived social usefulness of the service – i.e., contributing and receiving benefit from the social community (Hsu & Lin, 2008; Lin, Preece, 2001) Recognition Measurement of the social motivation created by the perceptions of recognized by other users in the forms…”
Determinants of users' continuance of social networking sites: A self-regulation perspective (2014, background): “Previous online community research confirms that attitudinal constructs such as content and satisfaction lead to stronger connection with the community [6; 23].”
Determinants of repurchase intention in online group-buying: The perspectives of DeLone & McLean IS success model and trust (2014, methodology): “PUS Lin (2008) Virtual communities Information quality (IQ), system quality (SYSQ), member satisfaction (SAT), trust (TRT), social usefulness (SU), sense of belonging (SB), member loyalty (LOY) IQ ?”
The generation of virtual needs: Recipes for satisfaction in social media networking (2016, background): “Lin (2008) defines a sense of belonging as an individual's perception of positive membership in a virtual community.”
Understanding Online Community User Participation: A Social Influence Perspective (2011, background): “Affective social identity will cultivate member loyalty towards the community ( Lin, 2008”
Understanding sustained participation in transactional virtual communities (2012, unknown): “Sense of belonging [12,14,16,42,46,47,53,73,77] 13 Y.”
Social Motivations To Use Gamification: An Empirical Study Of Gamifying Exercise (2013, background): “Perceived reciprocal benefit can be viewed as a form of social usefulness of the service – i.e., contributing and, in turn, receiving benefit from the social community (Preece , 2001; Lin, 2008).”