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Conceptualising and validating the social capital construct in consumer-initiated online brand communities (COBCs)

Conceptualising and validating the social capital construct in consumer-initiated online brand communities (COBCs)
Conceptualising and validating the social capital construct in consumer-initiated online brand communities (COBCs)
Social capital plays a significant role in understanding online community relationships in the marketing field. However, the construct of social capital has not been studied in the context of consumer-initiated online brand communities (COBCs). This paper develops a model of social capital in COBCs as a higher order reflective latent construct having four first-order dimensions. Responses of 353 members from 35 Volkswagen COBCs in China were obtained and analysed using Structural Equation Modelling. The data supports our model of social capital in COBCs, providing a greater understanding of social capital in COBCs that will help Chinese marketers utilise COBCs more effectively.
0040-1625
303-310
Li, Stacey
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Modi, Pratik
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Wu, Meng-Shan
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Li, Stacey
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Wu, Meng-Shan
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Chen, Cheng-Hao
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Li, Stacey, Modi, Pratik, Wu, Meng-Shan, Chen, Cheng-Hao and Nguyen, Bang (2019) Conceptualising and validating the social capital construct in consumer-initiated online brand communities (COBCs). Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 139, 303-310. (doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.018).

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Abstract

Social capital plays a significant role in understanding online community relationships in the marketing field. However, the construct of social capital has not been studied in the context of consumer-initiated online brand communities (COBCs). This paper develops a model of social capital in COBCs as a higher order reflective latent construct having four first-order dimensions. Responses of 353 members from 35 Volkswagen COBCs in China were obtained and analysed using Structural Equation Modelling. The data supports our model of social capital in COBCs, providing a greater understanding of social capital in COBCs that will help Chinese marketers utilise COBCs more effectively.

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2018 TFSC Final COBC paper 19_10_17 - Accepted Manuscript
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 November 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 November 2018
Published date: February 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 426547
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/426547
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.018
ISSN: 0040-1625
PURE UUID: a3106e73-587b-4dfd-a4e3-5c7229e71a49
ORCID for Cheng-Hao Chen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7548-7234

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Date deposited: 30 Nov 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:21

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Author: Stacey Li
Author: Pratik Modi
Author: Meng-Shan Wu
Author: Cheng-Hao Chen ORCID iD
Author: Bang Nguyen

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