Self-identity and regulatory focus in governance of online communities

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    Abstract

    A fast growing stream of literature has shown tremendous interests in the ‘wisdom of crowds’, which is embedded in various forms of online communities (OCs). However, studies on the governance of OCs are rather scattered. Our knowledge on how key governance mechanisms are interrelated is very much limited to date. Thus, the purposes of this paper are to: (1) highlight the unique exchange relationships within OCs based on theories of transaction cost economics, social exchange, and transactive memory system; (2) identify in OCs and link key governance mechanisms with two key constructs in the social psychology domain, i.e., self-identity and regulatory focus.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication date2015
    Number of pages38
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Event75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - Vancouver, Canada
    Duration: 7 Aug 201511 Aug 2015
    Conference number: 75
    http://aom.org/annualmeeting/

    Conference

    Conference75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
    Number75
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityVancouver
    Period07/08/201511/08/2015
    Internet address

    Keywords

    • Online communities
    • Governance mechanism
    • Self-identity
    • Regulatory focus

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