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    Developing a conceptual framework for factors affecting active participation in business to business online business communities

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    Authors
    Ahmad, Abid
    Philpott, Elly
    Duan, Yanqing
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Issue Date
    2012
    Subjects
    business-to-business
    active participation
    B2B
    B2B virtual communities
    online business communities
    online community
    virtual community
    
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    The primary purpose of this paper is to provide better understanding of the factors affecting active participation in Business-to-Business Online Business Communities (B2B OBCs). Toward this goal, this study proposed a conceptual framework based on the Social Exchange Theory (SET), Uses and Gratification theory (U&G), and the Information Systems Success Model (ISSM). The framework was further explored and tested using semi structured interview with twelve members of B2B OBCs. The findings suggest that reciprocity, trust, reputation/status, functional factors, system quality, information quality and service quality may affect the level of B2B OBCs’ participation. Acknowledging the qualitative nature of this study, the proposed framework was only tested on small number of participants and therefore findings limit generalisation to the wider business population. Therefore a future empirically study will be conducted in order to thoroughly test the framework.
    Citation
    Ahmad, A. Philpott, E. Duan, Y. (2012), “Developing a conceptual framework for factors affecting active participation in business to business online business communities”, UKAIS2012 Conference. Oxford
    Publisher
    Association for Information Systems
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/565041
    Additional Links
    http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=ukais2012
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    Conference papers, meetings and proceedings
    Language
    en
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