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Wang, Chong

Topic Weight Topic Terms
0.205 network networks social analysis ties structure p2p exchange externalities individual impact peer-to-peer structural growth centrality
0.140 behavior behaviors behavioral study individuals affect model outcomes psychological individual responses negative influence explain hypotheses
0.135 community communities online members participants wikipedia social member knowledge content discussion collaboration attachment communication law
0.124 role relationship positively light important understanding related moderating frequency intensity play stronger shed contribution past
0.104 collaboration support collaborative facilitation gss process processes technology group organizations engineering groupware facilitators use work

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Zhang, Xiaoquan (Michael) 1
effort allocation 1 mass collaboration 1 natural experiment 1 network centrality 1
online public goods 1 Wikipedia 1

Articles (1)

Network Positions and Contributions to Online Public Goods: The Case of Chinese Wikipedia. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2012)
Authors: Abstract:
    We study the effect of collaboration network structure on the contribution behavior of participating editors in Wikipedia. Collaboration in Wikipedia is organized around articles, and any two editors co-editing an article have a collaborative relationship. Based on the economic theories about network games and social role theory, we propose that an editor's position in the collaboration network influences the editor's decisions about her total contribution as well as the allocation of her efforts. By leveraging panel data collected from the Chinese language version of Wikipedia and a natural experiment resulting from blocking it in mainland China, we find strong support for the proposed effect of network position on contribution behavior. Our analysis further reveals that different aspects of an individual's network position have distinct implications. This research enhances our understanding about how collaboration network structure shapes individual behavior in online mass collaboration platforms.