Reposting negative information on microblogs: Do personality traits matter?

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Highlights：

• This study distinguishes reposting negative information on microblogs from previous information sharing behavior such as knowledge sharing and WOM.

• Negative emotions and issue involvement are identified as two important determinants for microblog users’ reposting behavior of negative information.

• The contingency roles of extraversion, conscientiousness and agreeableness are empirically confirmed.

摘要

•This study distinguishes reposting negative information on microblogs from previous information sharing behavior such as knowledge sharing and WOM.•Negative emotions and issue involvement are identified as two important determinants for microblog users’ reposting behavior of negative information.•The contingency roles of extraversion, conscientiousness and agreeableness are empirically confirmed.

论文关键词：Reposting of negative information,Negative emotions,Issue involvement,Contingent role,Big-five personality trait model

论文评审过程：Received 24 March 2019, Revised 29 July 2019, Accepted 25 August 2019, Available online 13 September 2019, Version of Record 13 September 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102106