Motivations for self-archiving on an academic social networking site: A study on researchgate

Lee, J, Oh, S, Dong, H ORCID: 0000-0001-6828-6891, Wang, F and Burnett, G (2019) Motivations for self-archiving on an academic social networking site: A study on researchgate. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 70 (6). pp. 563-574.

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Abstract

© 2019 ASIS & T This study investigates motivations for self-archiving research items on academic social networking sites (ASNSs). A model of these motivations was developed based on two existing motivation models: motivation for self-archiving in academia and motivations for information sharing in social media. The proposed model is composed of 18 factors drawn from personal, social, professional, and external contexts, including enjoyment, personal/professional gain, reputation, learning, self-efficacy, altruism, reciprocity, trust, community interest, social engagement, publicity, accessibility, self-archiving culture, influence of external actors, credibility, system stability, copyright concerns, additional time, and effort. Two hundred and twenty-six ResearchGate users participated in the survey. Accessibility was the most highly rated factor, followed by altruism, reciprocity, trust, self-efficacy, reputation, publicity, and others. Personal, social, and professional factors were also highly rated, while external factors were rated relatively low. Motivations were correlated with one another, demonstrating that RG motivations for self-archiving could increase or decrease based on several factors in combination with motivations from the personal, social, professional, and external contexts. We believe the findings from this study can increase our understanding of users' motivations in sharing their research and provide useful implications for the development and improvement of ASNS services, thereby attracting more active users.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Behavioral and Social Science
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2019 10:03
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2024 02:39
DOI:	10.1002/asi.24138
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3033827