Examining Effects of Badge Repeatability and Level on Users’ Knowledge Sharing in Online Q&A Communities

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dc.contributor.authorWen, Bo
dc.contributor.authorHu, Paul
dc.contributor.authorXu, Anqi
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T18:52:10Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T18:52:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the differential effects of badge repeatability and level on users’ knowledge sharing behaviors in an online Q&A (Question & Answer) community. Drawing on reinforcement theory and attribution theory of motivation, we conjecture that nonrepeatable badges reinforce individuals’ behaviors primarily by promoting internal attributions that strengthen their self-determination motivation, while repeatable badges reinforce people’s behaviors mainly via external attributions that undermine their self-determination motivation. By using fixed-effects models to analyze a panel data, we observe that nonrepeatable badges can better motivate users to share their knowledge than repeatable badges. In addition, the results show that attaining a higher level of nonrepeatable badges is associated with an increased effect for knowledge sharing, and that attaining a higher level of repeated badges leads to a decreased effect. These findings can contribute to extant literature by offering a probable explanation regarding why some gamified awards can motivate people better than others.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.036
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/102664
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCollaboration in Online Communities: Information Processing and Decision Making
dc.subjectaward level
dc.subjectaward repeatability
dc.subjectknowledge sharing
dc.subjectonline q&a communities
dc.subjectprospect theory
dc.subjectreinforcement theory
dc.titleExamining Effects of Badge Repeatability and Level on Users’ Knowledge Sharing in Online Q&A Communities
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