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An Empirical Analysls Approach to Investigating the Influence of Online Community Site Trust on Its Community Forum Activity

온라인 커뮤니티 사이트에 대한 신뢰가 해당 커뮤니티 내에서 이뤄지는 포럼활동에 미치는 영향에 관한 실증연구

  • 문병석 (성균관대학교, 경영학부) ;
  • 이건창 (성균관대학교, 경영학부) ;
  • 조창현 (성균관대학교, 경영학부) ;
  • 강신장 (성균관대학교, 경영학부)
  • Published : 2007.03.30
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Abstract

With the advent of social networking activity on the Internet, online community sites are becoming more popular. The main purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the influence of intermediary trust and system trust on the forum activity trust and information quality satisfaction. We assume that the intermediary trust and system trust come from the online community site itself, while the forum activity is made within a specific forum allowed on the online community site, and therefore forum activity trust and information quality satisfaction are related to a specific forum. The 591 valid questionnaire data were gathered from the users acting in forums allowed on the Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) (www. seri.org). The empirical results are as follows. First, the SERI intermediary trust and its system trust have positive influence on the SERI forum information quality, system quality, and perceived effectiveness. Second, the SERI intermediary trust contributes to reducing the SERI forum perceived risks, while the SERI system quality does not. Third, the higher the SERI intermediary trust is, the higher the SERI forum trust and information quality satisfaction increase.

온라인 커뮤니티 사이트는 최근 크게 발전하고 있다. 그 이유는 인터넷이 개인생활 속에 깊숙이 침투하면서 사회 연결망, 즉 social networking 현상이 활성화되고 그에 따라 많은 사용자들이 특정 온라인 커뮤니티 사이트에서 다양한 정보활동을 하고 있기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 온라인 커뮤니티 사이트에 대한 중개자 신뢰와 시스템 신뢰가 해당 커뮤니티 내에서의 포럼활동에 대한 신뢰 및 정보품질 만족에 미치는 영향에 관한 실증분석을 하고자 한다. 실증분석을 위한 자료수집은 삼성경제연구소의 온라인 커뮤니티 사이트인 SERI (www.seri.erg)를 대상으로 하였으며 해당 SERI 사이트 내에서 SERI 포럼활동을 하고 있는 사용자들을 대상으로 하여 591명의 유의한 설문자료를 수집하였다. 실증분석 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 첫째, SERI의 중개자 신뢰와 시스템 신뢰는 해당 SERI 포럼의 정보품질과 시스템품질, 그리고 인지효과성에 긍정적인 영향을준다. 둘째, SERI의 중개자 신뢰는 해당 SERI 포럼의 인지위험을 줄이는데 기여를 한다. 반면, SERI의 시스템 신뢰는 해당 SERI 포럼의 인지위험에는 유의한 영향을 주지 못한다. 이는 아무리 온라인 커뮤니티 사이트의 지명도가 높다고 하더라도 이는 해당 온라인 커뮤니티 내의 포럼 사용자가 느끼는 인지위험에는 유의한 영향을 주지 못하다는 것을 의미한다. 셋째 그러나 SERI의 중개자 신뢰와 시스템 신뢰가 높을수록 해당 SERI 포럼의 신뢰와 정보품질만족에는 긍정적인 영향을 준다.

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