Experiential engagement and active vs. passive behavior in mobile location-based social networks: the moderating role of privacy

Margherita Pagani () and Giovanni Malacarne
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Margherita Pagani: EM - EMLyon Business School

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Abstract: The study aims to understand how social media and mobile change customer experiences and influence the online active behavior. We explore how leveraging differently on experiences that the users live online helps to increase experiential engagement and mitigate the negative influence of privacy concern on the active use of location-based social networking applications. We conceptualize experiential engagement as a second-order construct that is manifested in two first-order "experience" constructs (Personal Engagement and Social Interactive Engagement). We theorize that our engagement constructs are causally related to consumer active and passive use of a mobile location-based social network and we test (n=379) the moderating role of privacy concern on this relation in EU and US. Findings show that Personal Engagement plays an important role influencing active usage when users are more concerned with privacy issues. Social Interactive Engagement shows a significant effect on passive usage meaning that the more people experience a deep sense of community the more they are interested in reading other comments or collecting information. Managerial implications are discussed

Keywords: Personal Engagement; Social Interactive Engagement; Mobile location-based social networks; Experiential engagement; Privacy concern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02-01
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Published in Journal of Interactive Marketing, 2017, 37, 133-148 p

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