Exploring the determinants of knowledge adoption in virtual communities: A social influence perspective

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Highlights：

• We explore the determinants of online knowledge adoption with respect to informational and normative social influences.

• Knowledge quality and source credibility positively affect knowledge adoption.

• Knowledge consensus and knowledge rating positively affect knowledge adoption.

• Time pressure moderates the relationships between knowledge adoption and four determinants of knowledge adoption.

摘要

•We explore the determinants of online knowledge adoption with respect to informational and normative social influences.•Knowledge quality and source credibility positively affect knowledge adoption.•Knowledge consensus and knowledge rating positively affect knowledge adoption.•Time pressure moderates the relationships between knowledge adoption and four determinants of knowledge adoption.

论文关键词：Knowledge adoption,Informational and normative influence,Time pressure,Virtual community

论文评审过程：Available online 11 March 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2015.02.001