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Influences of Continuance Intention and Past Behavior on Active Users' Knowledge Sharing Continuance and Frequency: Naver Knowledge-iN case

지속의도와 과거행위가 핵심 사용자의 지식공유 지속여부 및 빈도에 미치는 효과: 네이버 지식인 사례

  • Kang, Minhyung (Department of e-Business, School of Business, Ajou University)
  • 강민형 (아주대학교 경영대학 이비즈니스학과)
  • Received : 2020.08.07
  • Accepted : 2020.08.19
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

Maintaining active users who repeatedly share high-quality knowledge is critical for the success of online Q&A sites. This study suggests two paths that lead to active users' continuous knowledge sharing: 1) elaborated decision process, represented by continuance intention, and 2) automated cognitive process, represented by past behavior. The direct and moderating effects of continuance intention and past behavior were verified by analyzing subjective intention data and objective behavior data of 333 active users of Naver Knowledge-iN. Using Cox proportional hazards regression and negative binomial regression, the influences of continuance intention and past behavior on two types of continuous knowledge sharing were examined. The results showed that only past behavior was significantly influential on knowledge sharing continuance and as to the frequency of knowledge sharing, both continuance intention and past behavior's influences were significant. It was also confirmed that past behavior negatively moderates continuance intention's effect on the frequency of knowledge sharing. In order to maintain active users' continuous knowledge sharing, it is important to habituate knowledge sharing through repetitive knowledge sharing behavior. And in order to increase the frequency of knowledge sharing, in addition to the habituation, appropriate benefits that can increase the continuance intention should be provided.

사용자가 컨텐츠의 소비자에 그치는 것이 아니라 생산자 역할까지 담당하는 웹 2.0 시대에는 사용자의 지속적 컨텐츠 생산이 온라인 사이트의 성공에 핵심 요소가 된다. 온라인 Q&A 사이트는 웹 2.0 트렌드의 대표적 사례로, 고품질의 지식을 반복적으로 공유하는 핵심 사용자들이 지속적으로 지식을 공유하도록 하는 것이 사이트의 성패를 결정짓는다. 본 연구는 핵심 사용자의 지식공유 지속행위를 유발하는 두가지 경로, 즉 지속의도로 대표되는 정교한 의사결정 과정(elaborate decision process)와 과거행위로 대표되는 자동화된 인지적 과정(automated cognitive process)을 제안하였다. 네이버 지식인의 핵심 사용자 337인의 주관적 의도 데이터와 객관적 온라인 행동 데이터를 수집한 뒤, 지속의도와 과거행위의 직접효과 및 둘 간의 조절효과를 검증해 보았다. 종속변수로 이전 연구에서 주로 사용되었던 지식공유 빈도를 측정하는 것과 더불어, 특정 기간 이상 답변활동이 없을 경우 지식공유를 중단한 것으로 판단하는 지식공유 지속여부를 측정하였다. 콕스비례위험 회귀분석과 음이항 회귀분석을 사용하여 지속의도와 과거행위가 지속행위의 두가지 유형에 미치는 효과를 살펴본 결과, 지식공유 지속여부에는 과거행위만 유의한 영향력을 보였으며, 지식공유 빈도에는 지속의도와 과거행위 모두 유의한 영향력을 보였다. 또한, 과거행위가 지속의도의 지식공유 빈도에 대한 영향력을 부정적으로 조절하는 것까지 확인할 수 있었다. 온라인 Q&A 사이트에서 핵심 사용자들의 지식공유 행위를 지속시키기 위해서는 꾸준한 지식공유를 통해 습관화 과정을 거치는 것이 중요하며, 지식공유 빈도를 높이고자 할 경우에는 습관화와 더불어 지식공유 지속의도를 높일 수 있는 적절한 혜택의 마련이 필요하다.

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