This document discusses a social influence model of consumer participation in virtual communities. It analyzes how individual motives, social influences from groups, and group norms can impact participation levels. Small group-based communities see stronger impacts from maintaining social connections and identity, while network-based communities are impacted more by self-discovery values. Community managers should focus on understanding how value perceptions, social identity, group norms, and agreement levels influence participation.
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3. background theories for participation
goal directed
behavior
&
social identity
goal oriented fashion
set of motivations
individual level
&
group level
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emotional
pyschological
evaluational
7. social in鍖uences & group norms
higher levels of value
perception
1
2
stronger social identity
3
stronger group norms
4
5
willingness to mutually
accommodate
mutual agreement
10
6
8
7
stronger desires to participate
9
higher levels of we-intentions
12
higher levels of participation
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8. small group vs. network based communities
small group based
network based
identi鍖cation with a speci鍖c group
within the venue
identi鍖cation with the online
venue itself
relatively specialized
broader content
members know each other
super鍖cially associated members
often have commercial focus
not necessarily commercially focused
stronger interpersonal connectivity
and social enhancement
stronger purposive and self discovery
value perceptions
the impact of maintaining interpersonal
connectivity and social enhancement on
group norms and social identity
stronger
the impact of purposive and self
discovery values on group norms and
social identity stronger
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9. conclusions for community management
value perception is the trigger
social identity and group norms are the keys
for participation
mutual agreement and accommodation are
the mediators for participation
small based and network based groups
should be treated in different ways
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