Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Handbook of the Sharing Economy |
| Editors | Russell W. Belk, Giana M. Eeckhardt, Fleura Bardhi |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Chapter | 23 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978 1 78811 053 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2019 |
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Revisiting Satisfaction with Collaborative Exchanges in the Sharing Economy. / Mallarge, Jérôme; Decrop, Alain; Zidda, Pietro.
Handbook of the Sharing Economy. ed. / Russell W. Belk; Giana M. Eeckhardt; Fleura Bardhi. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
TY - CHAP
T1 - Revisiting Satisfaction with Collaborative Exchanges in the Sharing Economy
AU - Mallarge, Jérôme
AU - Decrop, Alain
AU - Zidda, Pietro
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Collaborative initiatives in the sharing economy involve peer-to-peer relationships, often mediated by an online platform. The very nature of such horizontal relationships, in which the service is likely to be delivered by a non-professional provider, introduces a new context for service evaluations. Exchanges between strangers create uncertainty about the outcomes and the way the service will be delivered. Due to such extreme heterogeneity, consumers have difficulties delineating their expectations. In addition, collaborative initiatives may feature different formats, ranging from pure sharing—characterized by love, no need for reciprocity, and the irrelevance of money—to pure exchanges—featuring impersonality, reciprocity, and monetary compensations. This chapter seeks to increase understanding of these effects by investigating consumer (dis)satisfaction processes in the sharing economy. By combining an analysis of online archival data with critical incident techniques, the study identifies several features that distinguish collaborative exchanges from traditional ones and provides an alternative framework for depicting the evaluation process associated with collaborative services.
AB - Collaborative initiatives in the sharing economy involve peer-to-peer relationships, often mediated by an online platform. The very nature of such horizontal relationships, in which the service is likely to be delivered by a non-professional provider, introduces a new context for service evaluations. Exchanges between strangers create uncertainty about the outcomes and the way the service will be delivered. Due to such extreme heterogeneity, consumers have difficulties delineating their expectations. In addition, collaborative initiatives may feature different formats, ranging from pure sharing—characterized by love, no need for reciprocity, and the irrelevance of money—to pure exchanges—featuring impersonality, reciprocity, and monetary compensations. This chapter seeks to increase understanding of these effects by investigating consumer (dis)satisfaction processes in the sharing economy. By combining an analysis of online archival data with critical incident techniques, the study identifies several features that distinguish collaborative exchanges from traditional ones and provides an alternative framework for depicting the evaluation process associated with collaborative services.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 978 1 78811 053 2
BT - Handbook of the Sharing Economy
A2 - Belk, Russell W.
A2 - Eeckhardt, Giana M.
A2 - Bardhi, Fleura
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing
ER -