Social influence on endorsement in social Q&A community: Moderating effects of temporal and spatial factors

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Highlights：

• Popularity influence and proximity influence are positively associated with social endorsement.

• Source credibility strengthens the effect of proximity influence on the social endorsement.

• Crowdedness strengthens the impact of popularity influence on the social endorsement.

• Crowdedness undermines the effect of proximity influence on the social endorsement.

摘要

•Popularity influence and proximity influence are positively associated with social endorsement.•Source credibility strengthens the effect of proximity influence on the social endorsement.•Crowdedness strengthens the impact of popularity influence on the social endorsement.•Crowdedness undermines the effect of proximity influence on the social endorsement.

论文关键词：Social Q&A community,Popularity,Source credibility,Time distance,Crowdedness

论文评审过程：Received 16 May 2020, Revised 20 July 2021, Accepted 28 July 2021, Available online 12 August 2021, Version of Record 12 August 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102396