• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.23-45
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• 2007

Today, most companies are building up and using online communities on their websites. But there are few studies on forming and operating online communities. This study shows the influence of social presence on these factors like usefulness, ease of use, playfulness, satisfaction community trust, and its ultimate contribution to community flow. An Empirical results suggest as follows. (1) social presence has stronger effect on usefulness, ease of use, playfulness, (2) usefulness and playfulness has a positive influence on satisfaction, (3) ease of use doesn't have a significant impact on flow, (4) satisfaction is positively influences on community trust and flow, (5) community trust influences on flow. It is necessary to succeed with next studies following this one about online community in spite of its limitation. Finally, we present contribution and propose future research directions.

• 정보화정책
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.23-48
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• 2011

본 연구는 20대 대학생을 대상으로 온라인 공동체 이용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 사회적 영향, 온라인 공동체 일체감, 온라인 공동체 이용에 대한 의견 그리고 유용성 인식 등을 중심으로 경험적 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구의 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 20대 대학생들이 주로 이용하는 온라인 공동체 웹사이트는 싸이월드를 가장 많이 이용하고 있으며 이밖에 카페, 블로그, 페이스북 등을 이용하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 개념적 제안모델에서 제시된 사회적 영향은 주관적 규범과 분류되었으며, 사회적 영향은 유용성 인식에 유의적인 변수로 확인되었고, 주관적 규범은 온라인 공동체 일체감과 유의적 관계를 맺는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 연구모형을 구성하는 변수간의 경로관계에 있어서 온라인 공동체 일체감과 유용성 인식은 온라인 공동체 이용의도에 대해 온라인 공동체 이용에 대한 의견을 매개한 간접효과로써 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 온라인 공동체 이용의도를 제고하기 위해서는 온라인 공동체 일체감을 강화하고, 유용성 인식 수준을 높이는 것 뿐만 아니라 긍정적인 온라인 공동체 이용태도를 가질 수 있도록 체계적인 교육과 사회적 분위기 조성이 필요하다고 판단된다.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.17-35
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• 2010

As the internet has been used widely, many online communities have been appeared. Initially, many users used online communities for communication and information sharing. Recently, users start using online communities for building, maintaining, and extending social networks which they did in offline environments previously. The importance of online community is considered by many scholars and also companies to use it strategically. Therefore many studies have focused on exploring characteristics of online communities. Most of them have emphasized the importance of online community. Few study focuses on dynamics within online community. By using social network analysis (SNA), this study tries to explore dynamics of online community. Specially, By measuring the centrality of online community and tracing its changes, this study investigates how the relationships among participants in online communities have been changed over the time. Findings of this study indicate that, as participants has joined in an online community over the time, an opinion leader is appeared, and her/his power is changed.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.113-135
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• 2008

This study introduces the construct of social influence and combines the construct with the flow theory and TAM framework Subjective norm, image, and visibility identified as the dimensions of social influence are hypothesized to influence flow and perceived usefulness, and then the intention to use of online community. Data were collected through a survey of respondents who have the experience of using an online community, and analyzed by using structure equations modelling. The major findings of this study are as follows: First, subjective norm was found to have a positive influence on flow and intention to use. Second, image was found to have a positive effect chi flow and perceived usefulness. Third, visibility was found to have a positive influence on perceived usefulness. Finally, flow and perceived usefulness were also found to have a positive effect on the intention to use. Implications of these findings are discussed for researchers and practitioners.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.153-167
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• 2008

This study examines the effect of sense of community on the relationship between learner satisfaction and influencing factors related to the online learning environment. Influencing factors related to the online learning environment are derived from previous literature and classified into two groups : social dimension (leader's enthusiasm, offline activities) and system dimension (usefulness, ease of use, enjoyability). Learner satisfaction is defined as the learners' perceived learning gains from taking an online class. Study participants included 250 university students from two different institutions. The participants were divided into 43 groups and asked to complete an online TOEIC preparation module using a commercial cooperative learning system over 4 weeks. Data were collected at three points for each participant, at the beginning, 3 weeks after, and at the end of the online module. Two system factors related to the online learning environment (ease of use, usefulness) directly influenced learner satisfaction, while social factors indirectly influenced learner satisfaction through the mediating role of sense of community.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2018

The aim of this study is to delve deeper into the online brand community study. This study tests (a) the effects of online brand community on its outcomes, (b) the impact of value creation practice construct as a whole, (c) the effects of value creating practice construct on the two types of loyalty, loyalty toward the brand and the community. Participants of this study (N=353) are members of four types of online brand communities (e.g., business-to-consumer virtual product support community, firm-hosted online community, user-generated online community, peer-to-peer problem-solving community, and social media based brand community). Data were collected online using Amazon Mechanical Turk from April 10, 2016 to May 10, 2016. The data were analyzed through structural equations modeling using AMOS 20. The three community markers (e.g., consciousness of kind, rituals and traditions, and moral responsibility) and the four value creation practices (e.g., social networking, impression management, community engagement, and brand use) are proved to be significant indicators of online brand community and value creation practice constructs, respectively. Test results showed that strong and effective online brand communities generate value creation practices, and value creation practices enhance brand loyalty. The mediating effects of community loyalty between value creation practices and brand loyalty were revealed.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제45권10호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to clarify the factors that characterize the fashion brand online communities that have a high participation rate among high school students, and to determine the impact of those factors on the high school students' commitment to the community, especially in relation to their demographics. The study was implemented through a descriptive survey method using an online questionnaire. The sample consisted of 301 members of online fashion brand communities operated on the Daum portal site. The data were analyzed by frequency, factor analysis, and regression analysis. The results are as follows: (1) Factor analysis revealed that the characteristics of a fashion brand online community are associated with three factors ; compensation/interest, interactivity, and information. (2) Regression analysis showed that the more compensation/interest, opportunity for interaction, and information the community provides, the more likely high school student members are to show a higher level of commitment to the community. (3) There was no difference in the effect of community attribute factors on the high school student members' commitment to the community according to gender. The group of students majoring in human and liberal education was the most influenced by the attributes of fashion brand online communities. The interactivity factor had a greater impact on the group of students majoring in art and physical education than on the other groups. The greater the use of the Internet, the greater the impact of community attributes on commitment. (4) In the process of developing an online community, marketers should fully consider the fact that information factors have the biggest impact on high school students' commitment to the community. Therefore, greater effort should be made to differentiate between community attributes based on high school students' majors and their amount of Internet use in order to motivate commitment to the community and brand loyalty as well.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.191-214
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• 2005

The interests and impacts on the phenomena online are increasing, due to the development of the Internet. Above all, the importance of the online community, which is similar to the community in reality and has a feature being easily committed is on the rise. Firms are transformed into a relationship for successful e-business in line with the online community utilization, as the digitalization society develops. Hereby, this study was intended to empirically analyze the impacts of individual participatory motives (perceived usefulness, perceived. ease of use and perceived playfulness) in the online community and social influences (subjective norm, visibility and image) on the user's attitudinal and behavioral commitment. In the empirical study of this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted targeting individuals who participated in the online community, and the related data was collected through on/offline. Finally, 280 samples were used in the analysis. The results of the major hypotheses test using the covariate structural model analysis are as follows: First, there are differences in the impacts of individual participatory motives in the online community and social influence factors on the commitment. The individual participatory motives in the online community influence the behavioral commitment positively, but the social influence factors are not significant. Second, the attitudinal commitment in the online community shows a mediate effect on the behavioral commitment in the subjective norms and image variables excluding visibility. Third, the relationship between the attitudinal commitment and behavioral commitment is significant.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2020

저출산, 고령인구의 증가로 인해 많은 지역이 곧 사라지게 될 위기에 처해 있다. 이러한 위기를 극복하기 위해서는 마을공동체를 통해 지역소멸로부터 벗어날 수 있도록 노력을 기울여야만 한다. 본 연구는 마을공동체를 위한 온라인 플랫폼의 활용을 알아보기 위해 실시되었으며 문헌연구, 현황조사, 설문조사를 통해 온라인 플랫폼이 어떻게 활용되고 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 현재 마을공동체 활성화를 위해 정부 주도하에 도시재생지원사업이 실시되고 있으며 온라인 플랫폼은 해당 지자체의 도시재생지원센터 홈페이지 위주로 활용되고 있다. 둘째, 일반인들의 온라인 플랫폼 사용 빈도를 보면 전 연령대에서 네이버를 가장 많이 사용하고 있으며 다음으로는 홈페이지를 사용하고 있다. 20대와 30대의 경우 인스타그램을 페이스북보다 많이 사용하고 있으며 40대와 50대의 경우는 페이스북을 인스타그램보다 많이 사용하고 있다. 마을공동체를 위해 온라인 플랫폼을 활용하는 데에 있어서 온라인 플랫폼의 현황과 사용 빈도를 종합적으로 고려하여 온라인 플랫폼을 활용하여야 한다.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2005

본 연구는 개인의 내재적 동기와 외재적 동기가 정보기술에 대한 태도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위해 온라인 커뮤니티를 중심으로 선행연구를 고찰하고, 개인의 내재적 동기와 외재적 동기가 태도에 미치는 영향력 관계를 살펴본다. 현재 가장 활발하게 활동하는 커뮤니티에 대해 총 252명으로부터 실증 자료를 수집하였으며, 검증결과 지각된 사용 용이성은 지각된 유용성과 지각된 즐거움에, 지각된 즐거움은 지각된 유용성과 온라인 커뮤니티에 대한 태도에 지각된 유용성은 온라인 커뮤니티에 대한 태도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.