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_id: '13317'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Along with the increasing popularity of social media and online communities
    in many business settings, the notion of online community health has become a
    common means by which community managers judge the condition or state of their
    communities. It has also been introduced to the literature, yet the concept remains
    underspecified and fragmented. In this paper, we work toward a construct conceptualization
    of online community health. Through a review of extant literature and dialogue
    with specialists in the field, we develop a multi-dimensional construct of online
    community health, consisting of seven elements. In writing this paper, we attempt
    to foster theory development around new organizational forms by advancing a new
    and important construct. The paper further provides guidance to the managers of
    social media and online communities by taking a systematic look at the well-being
    of their communities.
author:
- first_name: David
  full_name: Wagner, David
  last_name: Wagner
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Richter, Alexander
  last_name: Richter
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Trier, Matthias
  id: '72744'
  last_name: Trier
- first_name: Heinz-Theo
  full_name: Wagner, Heinz-Theo
  last_name: Wagner
citation:
  ama: 'Wagner D, Richter A, Trier M, Wagner H-T. Towards a Conceptualization of Online
    Community Health. In: Karahanna E, Srinivasan A, Tan B, eds. <i>Proceedings of
    the 35th International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2014</i>. Association
    for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL); 2014.'
  apa: Wagner, D., Richter, A., Trier, M., &#38; Wagner, H.-T. (2014). Towards a Conceptualization
    of Online Community Health. In E. Karahanna, A. Srinivasan, &#38; B. Tan (Eds.),
    <i>Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS
    2014</i>. Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL).
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Wagner_Richter_Trier_Wagner_2014, title={Towards a Conceptualization
    of Online Community Health}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 35th International
    Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2014}, publisher={Association for Information
    Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)}, author={Wagner, David and Richter, Alexander
    and Trier, Matthias and Wagner, Heinz-Theo}, editor={Karahanna, Elena and Srinivasan,
    Ananth and Tan, BernardEditors}, year={2014} }'
  chicago: Wagner, David, Alexander Richter, Matthias Trier, and Heinz-Theo Wagner.
    “Towards a Conceptualization of Online Community Health.” In <i>Proceedings of
    the 35th International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2014</i>, edited
    by Elena Karahanna, Ananth Srinivasan, and Bernard Tan. Association for Information
    Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2014.
  ieee: D. Wagner, A. Richter, M. Trier, and H.-T. Wagner, “Towards a Conceptualization
    of Online Community Health,” in <i>Proceedings of the 35th International Conference
    on Information Systems. ICIS 2014</i>, 2014.
  mla: Wagner, David, et al. “Towards a Conceptualization of Online Community Health.”
    <i>Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS
    2014</i>, edited by Elena Karahanna et al., Association for Information Systems.
    AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2014.
  short: 'D. Wagner, A. Richter, M. Trier, H.-T. Wagner, in: E. Karahanna, A. Srinivasan,
    B. Tan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Information
    Systems. ICIS 2014, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library
    (AISeL), 2014.'
date_created: 2019-09-19T11:29:05Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:51:33Z
department:
- _id: '198'
editor:
- first_name: Elena
  full_name: Karahanna, Elena
  last_name: Karahanna
- first_name: Ananth
  full_name: Srinivasan, Ananth
  last_name: Srinivasan
- first_name: Bernard
  full_name: Tan, Bernard
  last_name: Tan
keyword:
- Social media
- Online communities
- Online community success
- Online community health
- Construct conceptualization
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Information Systems.
  ICIS 2014
publisher: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
status: public
title: Towards a Conceptualization of Online Community Health
type: conference
user_id: '62809'
year: '2014'
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