Prosumer-to-customer exchange in the sharing economy: Evidence from the P2P accommodation context

Diandian Xiang, Guanzhe Jiao, Bin Sun, Chenming Peng and Yaxuan Ran

Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 145, issue C, 426-441

Abstract: Numerous prosumers who share their spare resources have contributed significantly to sharing economy development in recent years. Existing research on the sharing economy has primarily focused on the service demand side of consumers, thus neglecting the service supply side of individual prosumers. Understanding of the service exchange between prosumers and customers in the peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing economy remains limited. Drawing on the motivation, opportunity, and ability (MOA) model and social exchange theory, we developed a conceptual framework to explore how prosumers’ service attributes influence consumers in a P2P accommodation sharing context. Using 313 questionnaires and 112 paired objective data points from prosumers in one popular P2P accommodation platform (i.e., Xiaozhu.com), this research found that prosumers’ economic motivation, service flexibility, and service knowledge level have distinct effects on consumers’ transactional-based and relational-based participation. We also found a moderating role of prosumers’ shared property management on these effects.

Keywords: Sharing economy; P2P; Prosumer; MOA model; Social exchange theory; Consumer response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.077

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