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TY - JOUR
T1 - On leaders’ presence: interactions and influences within online communities
AU - Panteli, N.
PY - 2016/3/7
Y1 - 2016/3/7
N2 - By conceptualising presence as a behavioural construct, this study explores how online leaders’ presence exerts an influence on online communities and their members. Drawing on qualitative research where five online communities were examined, the findings show that online leaders’ presence is identified in different forms which ultimately may have different impacts on the community and its members. Articulations of leaders’ presence online included interactive, instructive, stimulating and silent and for each the leader was found to exert a different influence on online community members. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed and areas for further research are identified.
AB - By conceptualising presence as a behavioural construct, this study explores how online leaders’ presence exerts an influence on online communities and their members. Drawing on qualitative research where five online communities were examined, the findings show that online leaders’ presence is identified in different forms which ultimately may have different impacts on the community and its members. Articulations of leaders’ presence online included interactive, instructive, stimulating and silent and for each the leader was found to exert a different influence on online community members. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed and areas for further research are identified.
U2 - 10.1080/0144929X.2016.1144084
DO - 10.1080/0144929X.2016.1144084
M3 - Journal article
VL - 35
SP - 490
EP - 499
JO - Behaviour and Information Technology
JF - Behaviour and Information Technology
SN - 0144-929X
IS - 6
ER -