Extending lead user theory to users’ innovation-related knowledge sharing in the online user community: The mediating roles of social capital and perceived behavioral control
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Highlights：
• In the context of the online user community, we empirically examine the relationship between user’s lead userness and their innovation-related knowledge sharing and the mediating effects of their social capital and perceived behavioral control on the relationship.
• User’s lead userness is positively related to their innovation-related knowledge sharing.
• Users social capital and perceived behavioral control jointly and fully mediate the positive relationship between user’s lead userness and their innovation-related knowledge sharing.
摘要
•In the context of the online user community, we empirically examine the relationship between user’s lead userness and their innovation-related knowledge sharing and the mediating effects of their social capital and perceived behavioral control on the relationship.•User’s lead userness is positively related to their innovation-related knowledge sharing.•Users social capital and perceived behavioral control jointly and fully mediate the positive relationship between user’s lead userness and their innovation-related knowledge sharing.
论文关键词：Lead userness,Innovation-related knowledge sharing,Online user community,Social capital,Perceived behavioral control
论文评审过程：Received 8 July 2015, Revised 11 January 2016, Accepted 19 February 2016, Available online 10 March 2016, Version of Record 10 March 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.02.008
