Paper Info
Title
An Investigation into Contribution I-Intention and We-Intention in Open Web-Based Encyclopedia: Roles of Joint Commitment and Mutual Agreement.
Abstract
In the current study, knowledge contribution in open web-based encyclopedia is conceptualized as a group-referent intentional social action, and we-intention, which reflects one's perception of the group acting as a unit, has been employed. The motivation of this study thus is to better understand antecedents and consequences of contribution I-intention and we-intention in open web-based encyclopedia. A research model was developed and empirically examined with 202 knowledge contributors in two most famous wiki communities in Mainland China. The results demonstrated that personal outcome expectations exert significant effects on both intentions. Joint commitment, mutual agreement and community-related outcome expectations are significantly related to we-intention to contribute, but not related to I-intention. In addition, we-intention has a statistically significant positive effect on contribution behavior. However, I-intention negatively relates to contribution behavior. We believe this study will serve as a starting point for furthering our limited understanding of the intentional social action in knowledge management research.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
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ICIS
Keywords
Field
DocType
i-intention,joint commitment,knowledge contribution,mutual agreement,social cognitive theory,we-intention,wiki community
Social psychology,Public relations,Social cognitive theory,Computer science,Knowledge management,Mainland China,Encyclopedia,Web application,Perception
Conference
Volume
Issue
Citations 
null
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4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
23
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aaron X. L. Shen122116.98
Matthew K. O. Lee22807198.41
Christy M. K. Cheung32819113.28
Huaping Chen422810.65