Career Robot for Managing College Major Choice

Kiselev, P.E.; Feshchenko, Artem; Matsuta, Valeriya; Bogdanovskaya, Irina M.

doi:10.21125/inted.2020.1090

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“…In the free and open environment of online knowledge communities, a small number of members make great contributions to the community via their novel posting and information support behaviors, thus gaining social prestige and recognition from other group members; in contrast, other members focus on reading their postings when browsing the information in the community (Wasko et al, 2009;Kiselev et al, 2022). From the perspective of communication science, this small group of the most influential members in the community can be called contributors.…”

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confidence: 99%

Formation mechanism of contributors’ self-identity based on social identity in online knowledge communities

Cheng

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionContributors’ self-identity is a critical element in the sustainable development of online knowledge communities (OKCs). However, research concerning the formation mechanism of contributors’ self-identity remains scarce. This research posits information support, novel posting and sense of self-worth as mediating variables between social identity and self-identity to construct a path model, aiming to explore the way in which self-identity is formed on the basis of social identity in OKCs.MethodsTo examine this mode, an online survey was administered to many different OKCs, and 515 usable questionnaire responses were collected. Structural equation modeling was then employed to examine the model.ResultsThe R2 value of self-identity was 0.627, thus indicating that the model was able to explain 62.7% of the variance in self-identity. We find that self-identity emerges through the mediating effects of information support, novel posting and sense of self-worth. In addition, social identity can elicit novel posting and information support, which are all beneficial for enhancing the dynamics of OKCs and further generate sense of self-worth. We also observe that although social identity and individualized behavior (novel posting) are generally incompatible, they can be compatible in the context of OKCs.DiscussionSelf-identity as a contributor can be formed on the basis of social identity via the social path and the psychological path in OKCs, while the two paths for fostering self-identity are not independent of each other, and there is also a very strong link between behavioral and psychological mechanisms.

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Section: Contributorsmentioning

confidence: 99%