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This document summarizes a thesis that examines how goal passion influences the formation of social networks. It hypothesizes that individuals with high obsessive passion (but not harmonious passion) toward a goal will prefer connecting with others who share their goal and avoid those with conflicting goals, leading to more uniform social networks. Two studies partially supported this. The first found people were attracted to others with their focal goal, predicted by obsessive passion levels. The second found goal system similarity predicted attraction when controlling for other factors. The findings suggest motivational tendencies influence social connections, though the social environment also impacts the mechanisms driving interpersonal attraction.
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Article I Journal Title: Achieving consumer trust on Twitter via CSR communication
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The topic explored is very relevant since we have seen a continuous trend where various organizations are becoming more and more under pressure when it comes to communicating organizational policies and organizational positions as pertains to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Every market segment needs to be informed about the organization’s good intentions as well as actions so as to have an impression that the corporation is trustworthy. This implies that the market demand that their corporations engage them through dialogue. Notably, the existing academic literature does not have empirical research that seeks to examine impact of asymmetric versus symmetric communication strategies to the consumers.
Research Questions
i. Which strategies have corporations used in communication with their stakeholders about social corporate responsibility initiatives?
ii. Which of the two communication strategies, asymmetric communication and symmetric communication is more effective?
iii. What is the role of stakeholder’s personal information processing mechanisms when it comes to evaluation of trustworthiness of corporations?
Hypothesis
The first hypothesis (H1) states: Asymmetric vs. symmetric CSR communication strategies will have differing impacts on consumer trust in the organization. The second hypothesis (H2) states: Consumer trust is higher among the consumers with high involvement (those being a “green” consumer in symmetric communication.
Considering the hypotheses, it clearly emerges that they are closely linked to the study questions. The formulated questions point into integrated communication approach as used in organizations with particular attention being paid to the relevance of the communication approached to corporate social responsibility. They further go on to address and draw parallels between innovative approaches such as symmetric and asymmetric communication techniques and their impacts on the stakeholders. The above are further captured in the hypotheses especially when we look at the consumer concerns about an organization’s initiatives on social corporate responsibility. For instance, scepticism green consumers have on CSR been capture by H2. Generally, green consumers are very much conscious about the environmental impacts of their purchase as we.
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Fan, P., Lima, S., & Rocha, Á. (2018). Research on the collective efficacy of social networks with multi factor analysis. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 35(3), 2827–2836. https://doi-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.3233/JIFS-169636
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Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A. M., & Strough, J. (2020). Age differences in reported social networks and
well-being. Psychology and Aging, 35(2), 159–168. https://doi-org.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/10.1037/pag0000415.supp (Supplemental)
Fan, P., Lima, S., & Rocha, Á. (2018). Research on the collective efficacy of social networks with multi
factor analysis. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 35(3), 2827–2836. https://doi-org.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/10.3233/JIFS-169636
Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 35 (2018) 2827–2836
DOI:10.3233/JIFS-169636
IOS Press
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Research on the collective efficacy of social
networks with multi factor analysis
Peng Fan∗
Business School, Central South University, Changsha, China
Abstract. With the rapid development of Internet technology, social networks have been widely used in the world, and some
of them are really active and some people are just browsing. Based on this, the collective efficacy was proposed and the three
element interaction determinism was studied. The similarity between social network users was calculated and integrated, and
the collective efficacy was studied. 60 members of the four network groups were interviewed, and 15 influencing factors of
network group efficacy were coded. 230 college students were investigated by questionnaire and the multi factor analysis
method was integrated. The influence of community members’ efficacy on their community involvement was studied through
the initiative, focusing on sharing information and other dependent variables, attitudes, interests, values, personality and other
independent variables. The research results showed that increased awareness of the degree of interpersonal similarity will
increase the degree of involvement of social network group members, and psychological involvement played an intermediary
role in perceived interpersonal similarity and the increases of perceived interpersonal similarity will enhance the fo ...
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Exploring addiction to social networking service among young Chinese adults
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- 1. III On the connection between goal passion and the formation of social mobilization Yoav Crystal ABSTRACT In recent years, online social networks have played a central role in a number of cases of social mobilization. Such massive group actions have been previously explained as outcomes of action tendency contagion, which has been found to be sensitive to network structure. As current models of social attraction cannot adequately explain the formation of complex network structures, the objective of this thesis is to present a complementary model of social attraction and to test it empirically. We propose that in some cases, in order for a social network structure to form spontaneously, the formation of attraction should be sensitive to similarities in motivational tendencies. Such a mechanism of attraction is suggested on the theoretical basis of the Goal Systems Theory. According to this theory, in order to maintain continuous goal pursuit, individuals make use of goal regulating mechanisms that keep them focused on the goal currently pursued. Such mechanisms affect the individual's perception, making stimuli facilitating their current goal pursuit seem more attractive than stimuli relevant to their other goals, including social stimuli such as friends and family.
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