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Original Articles

The social influence of online collaborative community: the moderating effect of achievement

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Pages 269-280 | Received 15 Dec 2015, Accepted 21 Jul 2016, Published online: 22 Aug 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Online collaborative communities become particularly influential in contemporary Internet economy. However, these communities are often characterised by limited liability. Following the perspective of social influence, this study examines the impacts of three social influence modes in online collaborative communities of a famous online game. The moderating role of a player’s game achievement is also explored. Our results show that community identification is the most influential on online game continuance intention, especially for high achievement players. Community value congruence is likely to affect online game continuance intention for low achievement players. The impact of community normative influence on online game continuance intention appears to be curvilinear. This is more obvious for low achievement players. Implications for research and practice are also discussed.

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