International corporate blogging practices and effects
Keywords:
corporate blogs, social media
Abstract
This study assesses international corporate blogging practices and their effects on the popularity of corporate blogs in terms of comments received and incoming links. Building on the blogging practices framework by Schmidt (2007b), a theoretical model is developed incorporating cause–and–effects relationships for blog characteristics and their impact, as well as international differences. The five Hypotheses are tested using a sample of 20 German, 10 Russian and 77 U.S. corporate blogs. The results of stepwise regression analyses confirmed most hypotheses regarding effects of blog diversity, blog authenticity, blog usability, blog sophistication and networking efforts. The theoretical and practical implications of this are discussed.
Published
2013-02-04
How to Cite
König, N. (2013). International corporate blogging practices and effects. First Monday, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v18i2.4106
Section
Articles
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