Abstract
he present study uses the belief-desire-intention (BDI) model to predict group members’ intentions (“we-intention”) to participate in using a social networking site (SNS) for collective action. Participants reported their beliefs about social influence processes, including their beliefs about subjective norms, group norms, and social identity; they also reported their beliefs about using an SNS for a charitable collective action, which was perceived as corporate social responsibility (CSR). The study applied an integrated research framework in the context of the Facebook group “KolorujeMY,” a group with an interest in supporting social causes in Poland. Our structural equation modeling results indicate that social identity has a positive and direct effect on we-intention to use SNS for collective action and that perceived CSR also had a positive and significant impact on we-intention. Similarly, we found that desire has a positive and significant effect on we-intention to use SNS for collective action. Our results also indicate that desire partially mediates the relationship between social influence beliefs and we-intention. Overall, this study provides insight into the understanding of the impact of social influence processes, the role of desire, and perceived CSR beliefs in terms of predicting we-intentions in a social networking environment.
Recommended Citation
Chen, Jengchung Victor; Hiele, Timothy McBush; Kryszak, Adam; and Ross, William H.
(2020)
"Predicting Intention to Participate in Socially Responsible Collective Action in Social Networking Website Groups,"
Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21(2), .
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00604
Available at:
https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol21/iss2/6
DOI
10.17705/1jais.00604
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