TY - GEN
T1 - modeling the mediating role of online social capital in social support and service IT usage
AU - Yuan, Hui Tsai
AU - Lin, Chieh-Peng
AU - Chou-Kang, Chiu
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Drawing on social capital theory and social cognitive theory, this study postulates self-efficacy as a key driver of online social support behavior. Besides, this study postulates that service IT usage is indirectly influenced by social support via the mediation of social capital. This study contributes to the online community literature by extending IT self-efficacy to the previously unexplored area of online social support, by validating idiosyncratic drivers of online social support and by performing an operationalization of online social capital. Last, the report provides the implications and limitations of the research.
AB - Drawing on social capital theory and social cognitive theory, this study postulates self-efficacy as a key driver of online social support behavior. Besides, this study postulates that service IT usage is indirectly influenced by social support via the mediation of social capital. This study contributes to the online community literature by extending IT self-efficacy to the previously unexplored area of online social support, by validating idiosyncratic drivers of online social support and by performing an operationalization of online social capital. Last, the report provides the implications and limitations of the research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67049167358&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/APSCC.2008.57
DO - 10.1109/APSCC.2008.57
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67049167358
SN - 9780769534732
T3 - Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, APSCC 2008
SP - 1019
EP - 1023
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, APSCC 2008
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 3rd IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, APSCC 2008
Y2 - 9 December 2008 through 12 December 2008
ER -