英文摘要 |
The use of social media for work has become more and more popular in companies and organizations. Different social media possess different characteristics also called affordances which result in different application forms of social media by users in various contexts. In Taiwan, LINE is one of the most popular social media. This study explores the relationships between the affordances of LINE (i.e., visibility, editability, persistence, and association), the organizational power in the work-related LINE groups, and employees’ perceived value of LINE. Using the survey method, 234 valid responses were analyzed, and the EFA results identify five constructs: visibility, persistent editability, organizational power, perceived utilitarian value, and perceived hedonic value. Additionally, the visibility and persistent editability of LINE and the organizational power perceived in the LINE work-related groups can positively predict the employees’ perceived utilitarian value and hedonic value of LINE use. Yet, employing the one-shot self-report survey method, this study cannot verify the cause-effect relationship between the variables, and future research could further tackle this issue. |