ABSTRACT
The pervasiveness of live-streaming, especially in the period of Covid-19, has brought ample monetizing opportunities for content creators through viewers' donation. Given that donation is commonly driven by the gained benefits to the donors, voluntary donation in live-streaming is still unstable due to the lack of constraints. Drawing on the dedication-constraint framework, we examined how streamer-viewer interactions, motivational feedback and self-regulation deficiency affect viewers' donation intention in live-streaming. A survey was conducted among live-streaming users in Taiwan, and the collected data were analyzed by partial least squares. The findings show that the motivational feedback (dedication-based mechanism) has a stronger influence than self-regulation deficiency (constraint-based mechanism) in determining viewers' donation intention. Responsiveness is proven as the most important interaction-based antecedent of motivation feedback and self-regulation deficiency, beside personalization and entertainment. In sum, our empirical findings have significant implications for research and practice to deepen the understanding of donation, encourage viewers to donate and maintain the relationship with content creators in live-streaming communities. © 2022 International Consortium for Electronic Business. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the digital transformation of the hospitality industry and triggered Clubhouse knowledge adoption behavior. Clubhouse engagement in the COVID-19 era has gradually changed the forms of communication. Hospitality industry owners can communicate about their interactions and trades through Clubhouse, and members can share their operating and management experiences. Therefore, hospitality industry owners can learn from and support each other. This study aims to bridge the gap between professional knowledge and management adoption in the community of hospitality industry owners. We treat members’ self-regulated and socially regulated learning styles as variables in our analysis of members’ behaviors after acquiring knowledge from the community. This study contributes to our understanding of knowledge-based digital transformation processes in the hospitality industry in the post-COVID-19 era. It has implications for both Clubhouse users and hosts. © 2021 International Consortium for Electronic Business. All rights reserved.