An empirical study of community cohesiveness, community attachment, and their roles in virtual community participation

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Dan J. Kim ◽  
Mark Salvacion ◽  
Mohammad Salehan ◽  
Dae Wan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Community Attachment

Sense of Virtual Community

2011 ◽  
pp. 1559-1566
Author(s):  
Hanna-Kaisa Ellonen ◽  
Miia Kosonen ◽  
Kaisa Henttonen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Internal Set

Virtual communities have been an issue in academic research since the 1990s (c.f., Fernback & Thompson, 1995; Hagel & Armstrong, 1997; Preece, 2000; Rheingold, 2000). In the simplest terms, a virtual community could be defined as a group of people who communicate with each other via electronic media (Romm et al., 1997, p. 261). It was recognized early on that a virtual community may foster a “sense of belonging” (Figallo, 1998), “a social contract” (Sproull & Faraj, 1997) or “an internal set of social norms” (Burnett & Bonnici, 2003). It has also been suggested that these attributes would make such a community more powerful (Figallo, 1998) and successful (Wallace, 1999), representing the glue that keeps people together. According to a recent empirical study (Leimeister et al., 2004), members of virtual communities value these issues highly; for instance, establishing codes of behavior and building trust among members were evaluated among the most important success factors of virtual communities.

Sense of Virtual Community

2011 ◽  
pp. 1821-1829
Author(s):  
Hanna-Kaisa Ellonen ◽  
Miia Kosonen ◽  
Kaisa Henttonen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Internal Set

Virtual communities have been an issue in academic research since the 1990s (c.f., Fernback & Thompson, 1995; Hagel & Armstrong, 1997; Preece, 2000; Rheingold, 2000). In the simplest terms, a virtual community could be defined as a group of people who communicate with each other via electronic media (Romm et al., 1997, p. 261). It was recognized early on that a virtual community may foster a “sense of belonging” (Figallo, 1998), “a social contract” (Sproull & Faraj, 1997) or “an internal set of social norms” (Burnett & Bonnici, 2003). It has also been suggested that these attributes would make such a community more powerful (Figallo, 1998) and successful (Wallace, 1999), representing the glue that keeps people together. According to a recent empirical study (Leimeister et al., 2004), members of virtual communities value these issues highly; for instance, establishing codes of behavior and building trust among members were evaluated among the most important success factors of virtual communities.

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