We draw upon theories of social media engagement to explore the factors affecting the
success of the various influencer types, based on the size of their audience. We use the …

By combining expatriate social support and online community literature, we explore the role
Internet-based expat platforms can play in creating complementary opportunities of …

Abstract The extant Information Management literature highlights the asymmetric distribution
of power between users and online platforms, while the issues related to the stewardship of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the complex relationships between
common bond attachment, common identity attachment, self-esteem and virtual community …

Groups and communities have been key topics in the information systems (IS) research
agenda. While communities are assumed to emerge at the intersection of overlap** …

Cyberbullying threatens young people's well-being. This study is one of the first to examine
cyberbullying from a social network perspective. The class-based friendship networks of 103 …

Co-usage sharing involves social interactions between providers and consumers. Previous
research established that individuals' motivation to engage in such transactions are not only …

Success of online production communities such as Wikipedia highly relies on a continuous
stream of newcomers to replace the inevitable high turnover and to bring on board new …

As open-source communities and other peer production projects face the challenge of
sustaining themselves over time, the role of offline gatherings in fostering community …

More and more the boundaries of online and offline spaces are becoming fuzzy. Hybrid
communities have emerged as socio-technical platforms capitalizing on this fuzzy border …