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Exploring the effects of different incentives on doctors’ contribution behaviors in online health communities

  • Fei Liu*
  • , Xitong Guo
  • , Xiaofeng Ju
  • , Xiaocui Han
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

With the dramatic development of Web 2.0, the occurrence of online health communities (OHCs) appeal to increasing number of patients and physicians to involve in this new healthcare platform. Extant literature has primarily discussed the motivation of knowledge sharing from participants in OHCs. However, scant studies have been conducted to explore the motivations of doctors’ contribution behaviors in OHCs. Drawing on motivation theory, knowledge sharing theory and social capital theory, we mainly examine the effects of monetary and reputational incentives on doctors’ continuous participation in OHCs. In addition, we also investigate how online incentive factors and offline status of doctors can interact hereby motivating doctors to better serve in the OHCs. We will collect data from an OHCs in China. The findings will not only enrich the relevant theory, but also help us to understand physicians’ motivation mechanisms in OHCs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Health - International Conference, ICSH 2018, Proceedings
EditorsHsinchun Chen, Daniel Zeng, Qing Fang, Jiang Wu
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages90-95
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783030036485
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2018 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 1 Jul 20183 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10983 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period1/07/183/07/18

Keywords

  • OHCs
  • Offline status
  • Online contribution behaviors
  • Online health communities
  • Online rewards

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