Most arbitration research has been conducted in United States, despite the growth of arbitration internationally. In this study, we plan to examine one area where cross-cultural differences between Chinese and Americans have been found - attribution - and explore what effects this might have on...

This paper studies the impact of short-term introductory incentives on new users' retention and contribution in online communities. We draw on a policy change in a large online health community to compare new physicians who are affected by the policy versus those who are not. Based on the...

In this study we examine the contingent effects of two cultural values, indulgence and individualism, on the relationships between perceived benefits (utilitarian value, hedonic value, and relational capital), affective commitment, and continuance intention in social virtual worlds. We test our...