Coping with envy on professional social networking sites

Michal Chmielinski; Christy M K CHEUNG; Helena Wenninger

Coping with envy on professional social networking sites

Michal Chmielinski, Christy M K CHEUNG, Helena Wenninger

School of Business

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Abstract

With the growing popularity of professional social networking sites (PSNS), many users rely on PSNS, such as LinkedIn, to develop and maintain professional relationships with other individuals and companies. Most users create dedicated personal profiles and share their achievements and professional experiences on PSNS. With the frequent exposure to social information on PSNS, we expect that users who use LinkedIn may experience envy. Surprisingly, there is very little understanding of how PSNS use induces the feeling of envy and how users cope with it. Building on prior envy literature, we propose a research model to explain this phenomenon. We will test our model with data from 500 LinkedIn users. We expect that the findings of this study will contribute to our theoretical understanding of PSNS envy coping mechanisms and offer users some guidance to deal with PSNS envy.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
Event	24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS 2020 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 20 Jun 2020 → 24 Jun 2020

Conference

Conference	24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS 2020
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Period	20/06/20 → 24/06/20

Scopus Subject Areas

Information Systems

User-Defined Keywords

Coping Strategies
Envy
LinkedIn
Social Information
Social Media
Social Networking Sites
Technology Use
Well-Being

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