Dimensions Division and Scale Development of Online Knowledge Community Trust
Received date: 2023-09-19
Online published: 2025-04-28
[Purpose/Significance] This paper aims to explore the concept of trust and its subdivision dimensions in the unique risk situations of online knowledge communities, develop a measurement scale of online knowledge community trust, and support empirical research on user behavior within knowledge-based communities.[Method/Process] Based on the concept of trust with high consensus, this paper defines the dimensions of online knowledge community trust based on the institutional factors of online community, aiming at three types of risks faced by users in the process of knowledge search, knowledge contribution, and knowledge discussion. Further, the existing domestic and foreign scales were critically modified, and 17 initial items were compiled. Through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, the online knowledge community trust scale is composed of three dimensions, namely, search risk-oriented trust(including 5 items), contribution risk-oriented trust(including 4 items), and argument risk-oriented trust(including 3 items), was developed.[Result/Conclusion] The empirical test shows that the scale with satisfied reliability and validity, can predict knowledge searching and knowledge contribution well.
Zhao Xin , Wu Tingyu , Liu Ningzhi , Zhang Zhiguang . Dimensions Division and Scale Development of Online Knowledge Community Trust[J]. Knowledge Management Forum, 2024 , 9(2) : 120 -132 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.2095-5472.2024.010
表1 OKC信任量表的初始题项Table 1 Initial items of online knowledge community trust scale |
| 代码 | 维度 | 初始题项 | 校正后的题项与总体相关性 |
| TS1 | 面向搜寻风险的信任 | 我预期可以找到其他地方没有的数据或信息,是因为社区会奖励发布高质量内容的用户。 | 0.599 |
| TS2 | 我预期可以快速查找到所需知识,是因为社区会将低质量内容进行折叠或删除。 | 0.669 | |
| TS3 | 我预期可以找到自己工作或学习所需要的数据/信息/知识,是因为社区会鼓励用户分享高质量内容。 | 0.604 | |
| TS4 | 我预期在社区中可以获得知识、提升能力,是因为社区会鼓励用户分享。 | 0.561 | |
| TS5 | 我预期在社区中搜寻知识很高效,“性价比”高,是因为社区有知识筛查与推介机制。 | 0.646 | |
| TC1 | 面向贡献风险的信任 | 我预期在社区中付出和回报是成正比的,是因为“只索取不回报”的用户会面对社区舆论压力。 | 0.606 |
| TC2 | 我预期从社区中得到的帮助与我给予其他用户的帮助是相当的,是因为社区中有‘人人为我、我为人人’的互惠规范。 | 0.506 | |
| TC3 | 我预期贡献知识会得到好处,是因为其他用户的点赞会让我赢得专业声誉。 | 0.646 | |
| TC4 | 我预期在社区分享高质量数据/信息/知识会得到回报,是因为社区会为我颁发奖章、提高我的声望。 | 0.611 | |
| TC5 | 我预期在社区中获取和分享知识所花费的时间和精力是相当的,是因为社区中有互惠机制。 | 0.601 | |
| TC6 | 我预期在社区用户会真诚交流,关心彼此的需求和难处,是因为社区中有‘人人为我、我为人人’的互惠规范。 | 0.532 | |
| TC7 | 我预期在社区中,绝大多数用户会竭尽所能地相互关心、互相帮助,因为不遵守这一规范会感到压力。 | 0.585 | |
| TD1 | 面向讨论风险的信任 | 我预期用户间的争议、冲突会得到妥善处理,是因为社区根据实际情况制定了管理规则。 | 0.472 |
| TD2 | 我预期社区中的争议、冲突会得到有效监管,是因为所有用户都能自由表达对社区管理的意见。 | 0.463 | |
| TD3 | 我预期发生在社区用户间的冲突会很快得到解决,是因为社会的管理规则是一视同仁的。 | 0.531 | |
| TD4 | 我预期社区管理人员会秉公处理问题,是因为每个用户都可以对社区管理提出异议。 | 0.527 | |
| TD5 | 我预期社区中的争议、冲突都能够有效解决,是因为社区的规则是公平公正的。 | 0.644 |
表2 样本描述性统计Table 2 Sample descriptive statistics |
| 样本特征 | 分类 | 频数 | 比率/% |
| 性别 | 男 | 208 | 62.0 |
| 女 | 124 | 38.0 | |
| 年龄 | 20—35岁 | 280 | 84.3 |
| 36—45岁 | 40 | 12.1 | |
| 46岁及以上 | 12 | 3.6 | |
| 网龄 | 10—20年 | 272 | 82.0 |
| 20年以上 | 60 | 18.0 | |
| 社区经验 | 10年及以内 | 282 | 85.0 |
| 10年以上 | 50 | 15.0 |
表3 探索性因子分析结果Table 3 Results of exploratory factor analysis |
| 代码 | 题项 | 成分 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| TS3 | 我预期可以找到自己工作或学习所需要的数据/信息/知识,是因为社区会鼓励用户分享高质量内容。 | 0.818 | ||
| TS2 | 我预期可以快速查找到所需知识,是因为社区会将低质量内容进行折叠或删除。 | 0.805 | ||
| TS5 | 我预期在社区中搜寻知识很高效,“性价比”高,是因为社区有知识筛查与推介机制 | 0.726 | ||
| TS1 | 我预期可以找到其他地方没有的数据或信息,是因为社区会奖励发布高质量内容的用户。 | 0.700 | ||
| TS4 | 我预期在社区中可以获得知识、提升能力,是因为社区会鼓励用户分享。 | 0.685 | ||
| TC3 | 我预期贡献知识会得到好处,是因为其他用户的点赞会让我赢得专业声誉。 | 0.825 | ||
| TC4 | 我预期在社区分享高质量数据/信息/知识会得到回报,是因为社区会为我颁发奖章、提高我的声望。 | 0.810 | ||
| TC2 | 我预期从社区中得到的帮助与我给予其他用户的帮助是相当的,是因为社区中有‘人人为我、我为人人’的互惠规范。 | 0.736 | ||
| TC1 | 我预期在社区中付出和回报是成正比的,是因为“只索取不回报”的用户会面对社区舆论压力。 | 0.607 | ||
| TC6 | 我预期在社区用户会真诚交流,关心彼此的需求和难处,是因为社区中有‘人人为我、我为人人’的互惠规范。 | 0.607 | ||
| TD3 | 我预期发生在社区用户间的冲突会很快得到解决,是因为社会的管理规则是一视同仁的。 | 0.817 | ||
| TD5 | 我预期社区中的争议、冲突都能够有效解决,是因为社区的规则是公平公正的。 | 0.790 | ||
| TD4 | 我预期社区管理人员会秉公处理问题,是因为每个用户都可以对社区管理提出异议。 | 0.768 | ||
表4 验证性因子分析结果Table 4 Results of confirmatory factor analysis |
| 测量模型 | CMIN | CMIN/DF | GFI | NFI | IFI | TLI | CFI | RMSEA |
| 3维度12题项 | 81.533 | 1.599 | 0.921 | 0.883 | 0.953 | 0.937 | 0.952 | 0.060 |
表5 OKC信任测量量表Table 5 OKC trust measurement scale |
| 因子 | 因子命名 | 题项 | 原始代码 |
| F1 | 面向搜寻风险的信任 | 我预期可以找到自己工作或学习所需要的数据/信息/知识,是因为社区会鼓励用户分享高质量内容。 | TS3 |
| 我预期可以快速查找到所需知识,是因为社区会将低质量内容进行折叠或删除。 | TS2 | ||
| 我预期在社区中搜寻知识很高效,“性价比”高,是因为社区有知识筛查与推介机制。 | TS5 | ||
| 我预期可以找到其他地方没有的数据或信息,是因为社区会奖励发布高质量内容的用户。 | TS1 | ||
| 我预期在社区中可以获得知识、提升能力,是因为社区会鼓励用户分享。 | TS4 | ||
| F2 | 面向贡献风险的信任 | 我预期在社区分享高质量数据/信息/知识会得到回报,是因为社区会为我颁发奖章、提高我的声望。 | TC4 |
| 我预期贡献知识会得到好处,是因为其他用户的点赞会让我赢得专业声誉。 | TC3 | ||
| 我预期在社区中付出和回报是成正比的,是因为“只索取不回报”的用户会面对社区舆论压力。 | TC1 | ||
| 我预期在社区用户会真诚交流,关心彼此的需求和难处,是因为社区中有“人人为我、我为人人”的互惠规范。 | TC6 | ||
| F3 | 面向讨论风险的信任 | 我预期发生在社区用户间的冲突会很快得到解决,是因为社会的管理规则是一视同仁的。 | TD3 |
| 我预期社区中的争议、冲突都能够有效解决,是因为社区的规则是公平公正的。 | TD5 | ||
| 我预期社区管理人员会秉公处理问题,是因为每个用户都可以对社区管理提出异议。 | TD4 |
表6 OKC信任量表的信度、效度检验Table 6 The reliability and validity test of OKC trust scale |
| 面向搜寻风险的信任 | 面向贡献风险的信任 | 面向讨论风险的信任 | |
| 面向搜寻风险的信任 | 0.749 | ||
| 面向贡献风险的信任 | 0.593 | 0.720 | |
| 面向讨论风险的信任 | 0.534 | 0.541 | 0.792 |
| Cronbach's a值 | 0.859 | 0.803 | 0.803 |
| 建构信度 | 0.864 | 0.808 | 0.835 |
| 平均方差抽取量 | 0.561 | 0.668 | 0.627 |
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