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Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2011 Social media marketing in the hospitality industry: The oler of benefits in increasing brand community participation and the impact of participation on consumer trust and commitment toward hotel and restaurant brands Juhee Kang Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Food and Beverage Management Commons, and the Marketing Commons Recommended Citation Kang, Juhee, "Social media marketing in the hospitality industry: The or le of benefits in increasing brand community participation and the impact of participation on consumer trust and commitment toward hotel and restaurant brands" (2011). 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Social media marketing in the hospitality industry: The role of benefits in increasing brand community participation and the impact of participation on consumer trust and commitment toward hotel and restaurant brands by Juhee Kang A dissertation submitted to graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Hospitality Management Program of Study Committee: Ann Marie Fiore, Co-major Professor Liang Tang, Co-major Professor Thomas Schrier Frederick Lorenz Russell Laczniak Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2011 ii Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. v LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................... vii ABSTACT ............................................................................................................................. viii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1 Background ....................................................................................................................... 1 Problem Statement ............................................................................................................ 6 Study Objectives ............................................................................................................... 9 Definitions of Terms ......................................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE ......................................................................... 11 Social Media and Online Community Marketing ........................................................... 11 Online Communities ....................................................................................................... 13 Definition of an online community......................................................................... 13 Characteristics of an online community ................................................................. 15 Theories to Explain Participation in an Online Community .......................................... 18 Economic theory ..................................................................................................... 19 Social theories ......................................................................................................... 20 Online Community Participation .................................................................................... 21 Participation Benefits...................................................................................................... 25 Functional benefits.................................................................................................. 29 Social benefits ......................................................................................................... 31 Psychological benefits ............................................................................................ 32 Hedonic benefits ..................................................................................................... 34 Monetary benefits ................................................................................................... 35 Outcomes of Online Community Participation .............................................................. 36 Brand commitment of online community members ............................................... 36 Brand Trust among Online Community Members ................................................. 38 Moderating Role of Demographic Characteristics ......................................................... 40 Moderating roles of age .......................................................................................... 41 Moderating roles of biological gender .................................................................... 42 Research Model .............................................................................................................. 44 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN ........................................... 47 Selection of Online Communities in Facebook .............................................................. 47 Sample ............................................................................................................................ 48 iii Survey Instrument ........................................................................................................... 48 Data Collection ............................................................................................................... 53 Data Analysis .................................................................................................................. 54 Measurement model................................................................................................ 54 Structural model...................................................................................................... 55 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS ........................................................................................................ 56 Demographic Characteristics .......................................................................................... 56 Brand Profile and Manipulation Check .......................................................................... 60 Descriptive Statistics for Measures ................................................................................ 62 Measurement Model ....................................................................................................... 66 Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for the hotel study ......................................... 66 Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for the restaurant study ................................. 72 Structural Model ............................................................................................................. 78 Testing the structural model for the hotel study ..................................................... 78 Testing the fully recursive model for the hotel study ............................................. 81 Testing for moderating effects of age and biological gender for the hotel study ... 85 Testing the structural model for the restaurant study ............................................. 90 Testing the fully recursive model for the restaurant study ..................................... 93 Testing for mediating effects .................................................................................. 98 Testing the moderating effects of age and biological gender for the restaurant study ........................................................................................... 99 Summary ............................................................................................................... 102 CHAPTER 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS ......................................................... 107 Discussion of Findings ................................................................................................. 107 Relationships between participation benefits and community participation ........ 107 Relationships between community participation, brand trust, and brand commitment .......................................................................................................... 110 Moderating effects of age and biological gender ................................................. 113 Additional paths between participation benefits, brand trust, and brand commitment .......................................................................................................... 115 Conclusions and Implications ....................................................................................... 118 Managerial implications for the hotel study ......................................................... 119 Managerial implications for the restaurant study ................................................. 123 Summary ............................................................................................................... 126 Limitations and Future