Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 198-209Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.10.016
Keywords
Sharing economy; Trust building model; Cognitive-based trust; Affective-based trust; Attachment theory; Identity-based attachment; Bond-based attachment; Airbnb
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- Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2016S1A3A2925146]
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The sharing norm has enabled many of unused resources revamped and returned with some value to both travelers and local communities in the sharing economy. Airbnb requires remarkable trust that goes beyond the level where both user and host take risks from a sharing transaction. This paper suggests an empirical research model developed based on the trust building model and attachment theory explaining how users develop their trust and further attachment through two major routes. The results indicate that the cognitive trust-identity attachment building mechanism is more effective than affective trust-bond attachment depending on the emotional distance between the users and hosts. Finally, this paper provides scholars with theoretical enhancement on the trust and attachment literature and recommends managers of the sharing businesses to enrich users' trust-attachment toward the firm and the service provider that has a strong influence on users' behavioral intention to use.
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