Professor THOMAS CHESNEY THOMAS.CHESNEY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
How user personality and social value orientation influence avatar mediated friendship
Chesney, Thomas; Chuah, Swee-Hoon; Hoffmann, Robert; Hui, Wendy; Larner, Jeremy
Authors
Swee-Hoon Chuah
Robert Hoffmann
Wendy Hui
Mr JEREMY LARNER Jeremy.Larner@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of user personality and vlaues on the number of connections users make, the number of requests for connections that users give out, and the number of connections invitations users receive.
Design/methodology/approach: This is a field study of 179 participants interacting in a novel virtual world. The world’s server logs are used to capture sociometrics about the users and their interaction.
Findings: Findings suggest that personality and values influence the number of friends users make and the number of friendship requests users give out, but not the number of friendship invitations users receive. Only one personality trait – conscientiousness – exhibits homophily.
Originality/value: Perosnality and social value orientation have rarely been studied together in information systems (IS) research, despite research showing the two have an impact on IS relevant constructs. The use of server logs for data capture is novel. Avatar friendship is an under-researched concept in IS.
Citation
Chesney, T., Chuah, S.-H., Hoffmann, R., Hui, W., & Larner, J. (2016). How user personality and social value orientation influence avatar mediated friendship. Information Technology and People, 29(4), 688-716. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-10-2014-0242
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 17, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
Publication Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Feb 21, 2018 |
Print ISSN | 0959-3845 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 688-716 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-10-2014-0242 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1105807 |
Publisher URL | https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/ITP-10-2014-0242 |
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