{"title":"Research on user generated content behaviours in social shopping community based on swift Guanxi perspective","authors":"Wei Zhang, Sumeet Gupta","doi":"10.1504/IJSOI.2018.10015976","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Over the past few years, the study of factors influencing the user generated content (UGC) in the social shopping community has gained attention from academia and industry. What is missing in the literature is the effect of swift Guanxi. This study examines the UGC behaviour from swift Guanxi perspective. Drawing from stimulus-response theory, this study establishes the role of swift Guanxi in influencing UGC based on the data collected from 338 Chinese social shopping community users. The results show that interest, perceived interactivity and perceived similarity between customers and sellers has a positive impact on swift Guanxi and trust; trust is positively related with swift Guanxi; swift Guanxi has a positive influence on user generated content (UGC) and purchase intention. The mediation effects of swift Guanxi in the Model have also been examined.","PeriodicalId":35046,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics","volume":"9 1","pages":"207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSOI.2018.10015976","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Business, Management and Accounting","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Over the past few years, the study of factors influencing the user generated content (UGC) in the social shopping community has gained attention from academia and industry. What is missing in the literature is the effect of swift Guanxi. This study examines the UGC behaviour from swift Guanxi perspective. Drawing from stimulus-response theory, this study establishes the role of swift Guanxi in influencing UGC based on the data collected from 338 Chinese social shopping community users. The results show that interest, perceived interactivity and perceived similarity between customers and sellers has a positive impact on swift Guanxi and trust; trust is positively related with swift Guanxi; swift Guanxi has a positive influence on user generated content (UGC) and purchase intention. The mediation effects of swift Guanxi in the Model have also been examined.
期刊介绍:
The advances in distributed computing and networks make it possible to link people, heterogeneous service providers and physically isolated services efficiently and cost-effectively. As the economic dynamics and the complexity of service operations continue to increase, it becomes a critical challenge to leverage information technology in achieving world-class quality and productivity in the production and delivery of physical goods and services. The IJSOI, a fully refereed journal, provides the primary forum for both academic and industry researchers and practitioners to propose and foster discussion on state-of-the-art research and development in the areas of service operations and the role of informatics towards improving their efficiency and competitiveness.