A Study of Lurking Behavior: The Desire Perspective

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  • A Hsiu - Hua Cheng
  • Chi - Wei Chen
چکیده

Lurking behavior is common in information-seeking oriented communities. Transferring users with lurking behavior to be contributors can assist virtual communities to obtain competitive advantages. Based on the ecological cognition framework, this study proposes a model to examine the antecedents of lurking behavior in information-seeking oriented virtual communities. This study argues desire for emotional support, desire for information support, desire for performance-approach, desire for performance -avoidance, desire for mastery-approach, desire for mastery-avoidance, desire for ability trust, desire for benevolence trust, and desire for integrity trust effect on lurking behavior. This study offers an approach to understanding the determinants of lurking behavior in online contexts. Keywords—Lurking behavior, the ecological cognition framework, Information-seeking oriented virtual communities, Desire.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014