Testing the antecedents of customer knowledge sharing on social media: a quantitative analysis on Italian consumers

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IMR-03-2021-0122" target="_blank" >10.1108/IMR-03-2021-0122</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Testing the antecedents of customer knowledge sharing on social media: a quantitative analysis on Italian consumers

Original language description

Purpose: The increasing adoption of digital technologies such as social media have changed the way consumers share knowledge about products and services among each other. The aim of this paper is to test what factors drive customers to share knowledge about products and services on social media pages. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative survey design was employed for this study. Empirical data were drawn from 358 consumers in Italy, using a purposive sampling technique. The hypothesised relationships were tested using ordinary least squares regression modelling. Findings: The results of this study reveal that the usage frequency of online reviews (UFORs), social bonds (SBs), subjective happiness (SH) and reciprocity positively impact on customer knowledge sharing (CKS). By contrast, the perceived usefulness of online reviews (PUORs), helping others, customer susceptibility to interpersonal influence (CSII) and informational (INFO) do not impact CKS. Originality/value: To the best of the authors&apos; knowledge, this study is amongst the first to empirically test the antecedents of knowledge-sharing behaviours about products and services on online social media. The present work offers relevant implications for theory. First, the work enriches the customer knowledge management (CKM) theory by providing empirical evidence on factors leading to the higher sharing of knowledge amongst customers. Second, the work adds to the literature on social media, demonstrating the individual determinants on knowledge-sharing behaviours about products and services in online communities. Practically speaking, this paper identifies some key elements driving CKS in social media conversations. Thus, building upon the findings of this study, the authors provide some guidelines for social media managers and retailers for promoting CKS on social media pages. (C) 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Marketing Review

ISSN

0265-1335

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

39

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

682-705

UT code for WoS article

000775782600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85127770454