A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities
The social commerce wave has opened up vast opportunities in emerging markets through virtual communities’ participation. This chapter investigates the constructs and theories from the social psychology perspective looking into the intention and behaviour prospect by extending the Theory of Planned...
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| author | Shanmugam, Mohana Jusoh, Yusmadi Yah |
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| description | The social commerce wave has opened up vast opportunities in emerging markets through virtual communities’ participation. This chapter investigates the constructs and theories from the social psychology perspective looking into the intention and behaviour prospect by extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and integrating the Social Support Theory (SST) to purport a continuance model for virtual communities’ optimized participation in Malaysia. The model uncovers that the emotional and informational constructs of the SST and constructs of the TPB as well as perceived value optimizes participation. This chapter also establishes a continuance model and illustrates how theory from the social psychology literature positions the constructs of SST, TPB and perceived value in enhancing the participation of virtual communities. The SEM-PLS method used to analyse the data shows that the intention and behaviour of the virtual communities determine users’ participation level. Furthermore, this chapter seeks to enlighten our knowledge on virtual communities and tap into the social commerce capabilities. |
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| spelling | upm-472932021-09-04T09:49:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47293/ A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities Shanmugam, Mohana Jusoh, Yusmadi Yah The social commerce wave has opened up vast opportunities in emerging markets through virtual communities’ participation. This chapter investigates the constructs and theories from the social psychology perspective looking into the intention and behaviour prospect by extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and integrating the Social Support Theory (SST) to purport a continuance model for virtual communities’ optimized participation in Malaysia. The model uncovers that the emotional and informational constructs of the SST and constructs of the TPB as well as perceived value optimizes participation. This chapter also establishes a continuance model and illustrates how theory from the social psychology literature positions the constructs of SST, TPB and perceived value in enhancing the participation of virtual communities. The SEM-PLS method used to analyse the data shows that the intention and behaviour of the virtual communities determine users’ participation level. Furthermore, this chapter seeks to enlighten our knowledge on virtual communities and tap into the social commerce capabilities. IGI Global Hajli, Nick 2015 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47293/1/A%20continuance%20model%20for%20optimized%20participation%20in%20virtual%20communities.pdf Shanmugam, Mohana and Jusoh, Yusmadi Yah (2015) A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities. In: Handbook of Research on Integrating Social Media into Strategic Marketing. IGI Global, USA, pp. 187-206. ISBN 1466683538/9781466683532; EISBN: 9781466683549 https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/a-continuance-model-for-optimized-participation-in-virtual-communities/130569 10.4018/978-1-4666-8353-2.ch012 |
| spellingShingle | Shanmugam, Mohana Jusoh, Yusmadi Yah A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
| title | A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
| title_full | A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
| title_fullStr | A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
| title_short | A continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
| title_sort | continuance model for optimized participation in virtual communities |
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