Graduation Semester and Year
2023
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Department
Information Systems and Operations Management
First Advisor
Jennifer Zhang
Abstract
The purpose of the three-essay dissertation is to advance our understanding of the effect of digital social platforms on users’ behavior and well-being. In essay 1, I investigate whether and how privacy policy can properly mitigate hosts’ privacy concerns, enhance perceived benefits, and subsequently encourage their information disclosure on an accommodation-sharing platform (ASP) such as Airbnb.com. Essay 2 examines the effect of two types of fitness app features on individuals’ exercise adherence, social engagement, and well-being based on the self-regulation theory. Finally, by collecting both qualitative and quantitative data through in-depth interviews, online surveys, and an experiment, the third essay explores how digital technologies facilitate the social connections of under-served communities to increase their well-being as well as social welfare.
Keywords
Digital platforms, Features, Well-being
Disciplines
Business | Management Information Systems
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hu, Jiang, "Design of Digital Social Platform Features and User Well-Being" (2023). Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations. 53.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/infosystemsopmanage_dissertations/53
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington