Rival conceptions of rivalry: why some competitions mean more than others

Your Smartphone, my Smartphone - How Smartphone Ownership determines Social Group Affiliation

“…Former research in other disciplines has detected several antecedents of rivalry [15,17]. By supporting the idea of Kilduff et al [15] rivalry is a cognitive construct and depends on the relationship between the two actors -we think that the perceived importance of each rivalry antecedent differs between smartphone users who own smartphones from different manufacturers.…”

“…As smartphones have become a strong part and determine our daily life [5], we chose the field of smartphone manufacturers to extent the existing rivalry literature. We examine whether the rivalry factors of Tyler and Cobbs [17] can be applied in the field of information systems. Therefore, we conducted an online survey with smartphone users as participants.…”

“…The dimension is represented by the factors geography, cultural similarity, and competition for personnel. The last dimension 'bias'" emerges because individuals may overrate certain aspects and includes the factors cultural differences, relative dominance and unfairness [17].…”

“…Tyler and Cobbs [17] base their understanding of rivalry on SIT and define a "rival group as a highly salient out-group that poses an acute threat to the identity of the in-group or to in-group members' ability to make positive comparisons between their group and the out-group. "…”

“…Building up on the work of Kilduff et al [15], Tyler and Cobbs [17] investigated the perception of rivalries by fans and identified through a factor analysis three broad categories: conflict, peer and bias. The dimension 'conflict' derives from the competition between groups.…”