TY  - CHAP
A1  - Abramova, Olga
T1  - Does a smile open all doors?
BT  - understanding the impact of appearance disclosure on accommodation sharing platforms
T2  - Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
N2  - Online photographs govern an individual’s choices across a variety of contexts. In sharing arrangements, facial appearance has been shown to affect the desire to collaborate, interest to explore a listing, and even willingness to pay for a stay. Because of the ubiquity of online images and their influence on social attitudes, it seems crucial to be able to control these aspects. The present study examines the effect of different photographic self-disclosures on the provider’s perceptions and willingness to accept a potential co-sharer. The findings from our experiment in the accommodation-sharing context suggest social attraction mediates the effect of photographic self-disclosures on willingness to host. Implications of the results for IS research and practitioners are discussed.
KW  - The Sharing Economy
KW  - airbnb
KW  - online photographs
KW  - self-disclosure
KW  - sharing economy
KW  - social attraction
Y1  - 2020
SN  - 978-0-9981331-3-3
SP  - 831
EP  - 840
PB  - HICSS Conference Office University of Hawaii at Manoa
CY  - Honolulu
ER  -