Impact of Enterprise Social Media Affordances on Thriving at Work: A Perspective from the Psychological Empowerment Theory

Authors

Yuan Sun, Zhe Jiang GongShang University
Mengjie Zhu, Zhe Jiang GongShang University
Anand Jeyaraj, Wright State University - Main Campus
Mengyi Zhu, Zhe Jiang GongShang University
Lixia Wu, Zhe Jiang GongShang University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2020

Identifier/URL

978-1-7281-5902-7 (ISBN); 40917530 (Pure)

Abstract

Enterprise Social Media (ESM) is an emerging tool of office automation in the era of web 2.0 which are widely adopted within organizations. This study aims to investigate the effect of ESM affordances on employees' thriving at work (i.e., vitality and learning). Based on the psychological empowerment theory, this study proposes a model to examine how ESM affordances influence employees' thriving at work through enhancing psychological empowerment.

Comments

Publisher Copyright: © 2020 IEEE.

Repository Citation

Sun, Y., Zhu, M., Jeyaraj, A., Zhu, M., & Wu, L. (2020). Impact of Enterprise Social Media Affordances on Thriving at Work: A Perspective from the Psychological Empowerment Theory. Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on E-Commerce and Internet Technology, ECIT 2020, 183-187.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/infosys_scm/164

DOI

10.1109/ECIT50008.2020.00048