TY - JOUR A1 - Wenninger, Helena Eva A1 - Cheung, Christy M. K. A1 - Krasnova, Hanna T1 - College-aged users behavioral strategies to reduce envy on social networking sites BT - A cross-cultural investigation JF - Computers in human behavior N2 - Social networking sites (SNSs) are central to social interaction and information sharing in the digital age. However, consuming social information on SNSs invites social upward comparisons with highly socially desirable profile representations, which easily elicits envy in users and leads to unfavorable behaviors on SNSs. This in turn can erode the subjective well-being of users and the sustainability of the SNS platform. Therefore, this paper seeks to develop a better theoretical understanding of how users respond to envy on SNSs. We review literature on envy in offline interactions to derive three behavioral strategies to reduce envy, which we then transfer to the SNS context (self-enhancement, gossiping, and discontinuous intention). Further, we propose a research model and examine how culture, specifically individualism-collectivism, affects the relationship between envy on an SNS and the three strategies. We empirically test the variance-based structural equation model through survey data collected of Facebook users from Germany and Hong Kong. Our findings provide first insights into the link between envy on SNSs, related behavioral strategies and the moderating role of individualism for self-enhancement. KW - Envy on SNSs KW - Social networking sites KW - Facebook KW - Behavioral strategies to reduce SNS-Induced envy KW - Culture KW - User behaviors Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.025 SN - 0747-5632 SN - 1873-7692 VL - 97 SP - 10 EP - 23 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - THES A1 - Raiser, Christoph T1 - Kompromisse im Europäischen Parlament : eine kultursoziologische Analyse von Entscheidungsprozessen in einer supranationalen Institution T1 - Compromise in the European Parliament : a cultural sociological approach to decision-making processes in a supranational institution N2 - Das Europäische Parlament ist zweifelsohne die mächtigste parlamentarische Versammlung auf supranationaler Ebene. Das provoziert die Frage, wie Entscheidungen in diesem Parlament gefällt werden und wie sie begründet werden können. Darin liegt das Hauptanliegen dieser Arbeit, die zur Beantwortung dieser Frage auf soziologische Ansätze der Erklärung sozialen Handelns zurückgreift und damit einen neuen Zugang zur Beobachtung parlamentarischen Handelns schafft. Dabei arbeitet sie heraus, wie wichtig es ist, bei der Analyse politischer Entscheidungsprozesse zu beachten, wie politische Probleme von Akteuren interpretiert und gegenüber Verhandlungspartnern dargestellt werden. An den Fallbeispielen der Entscheidungsprozesse zur Dienstleistungsrichtlinie, zur Chemikalien-Verordnung REACH und dem TDIP (CIA)-Ausschuss in der Legislaturperiode 2004–2009, wird der soziale Mechanismus dargestellt, der hinter Einigungen im Europäischen Parlament steckt. Kultur als Interpretation der Welt wird so zum Schlüssel des Verständnisses politischer Entscheidungen auf supranationaler Ebene. N2 - The European Parliament is the most powerful parliamentary assembly on the supranational level. However, the question of how and why decisions are being taken in this parliament has been insufficiently addressed so far. This is the main aim of this book, which draws on sociological theories for explaining social action and thus opens up a new approach to the analysis of parliamentary action. It argues that it is necessary to take into account how actors interpret political problems and how they relate to their counterparts in negotiations. In three case studies on decision-making processes in the 6th European Parliament between 2004 and 2009 - Services Directive, REACH and the TDIP (CIA-)committee – the study reconstructs the social mechanism behind compromise in the EP. Culture as the way actors attach meaning to the world is the key to understanding political decisions on the supranational level. KW - Europäisches Parlament KW - Kompromiss KW - Kultur KW - Narration KW - Netzwerkanalyse KW - European Parliament KW - Compromise KW - Culture KW - Narration KW - Network analysis Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69560 SN - 978-3-86956-283-4 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krasnova, Hanna A1 - Veltri, Natasha F. A1 - Günther, Oliver T1 - Self-disclosure and privacy calculus on social networking sites the role of culture intercultural dynamics of privacy calculus JF - Business & information systems engineering : the international journal of Wirtschaftsinformatik N2 - Social Network Sites (SNSs) rely exclusively on user-generated content to offer engaging and rewarding experience to its members. As a result, stimulating user communication and self-disclosure is vital for the sustainability of SNSs. However, considering that the SNS users are increasingly culturally diverse, motivating this audience to self-disclose requires understanding of their cultural intricacies. Yet existing research offers only limited insights into the role of culture behind the motivation of SNS users to self-disclose. Building on the privacy calculus framework, this study explores the role of two cultural dimensions - individualism and uncertainty avoidance - in self-disclosure decisions of SNS users. Survey responses of US and German Facebook members are used as the basis for our analysis. Structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis results reveal the distinct role of culture in the cognitive patterns of SNS users. The authors find that trusting beliefs play a key role in the self-disclosure decisions of users from individualistic cultures. At the same time, uncertainty avoidance determines the impact of privacy concerns. This paper contributes to the theory by rejecting the universal nature of privacy calculus processes. The findings provide for an array of managerial implications for SNS providers as they strive to encourage content creation and sharing by their heterogeneous members. KW - Social networking sites KW - Self-disclosure KW - Privacy KW - Trust KW - Culture Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-012-0216-6 SN - 1867-0202 VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 127 EP - 135 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER -