Research Article

Network Position and Crowdsourcing Innovation Contribution Behavior: The Moderating Role of Knowledge Absorption Capacity

Table 1

The summary table of hypotheses.

No.The description of hypotheses

H1aThe user’s degree centrality has a positive impact on his/her proactive contribution behavior
H1bThe user’s degree centrality has a positive impact on his/her responsive contribution behavior
H1cThe user’s eigenvector centrality has a positive impact on his/her proactive contribution behavior
H1dThe user’s eigenvector centrality has a positive impact on his/her responsive contribution behavior
H1eThe user’s structural hole has a positive impact on his/her proactive contribution behavior
H1fThe user’s structural hole has a positive impact on his/her responsive contribution behavior
H2aThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity has a positive impact on his/her proactive contribution
H2bThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity has a positive influence on his/her responsive contribution
H2cThe user’s knowledge application capacity has a positive impact on his/her proactive contribution
H3aThe user’s degree centrality has a positive impact on his/her knowledge acquisition capacity
H3bThe user’s eigenvector centrality has a positive impact on his/her knowledge acquisition capacity
H3cThe user’s structural hole has a positive impact on his/her knowledge acquisition capacity
H3dThe user’s degree centrality has a positive impact on his/her knowledge application capacity
H3eThe user’s structural hole has a positive impact on his/her knowledge application capacity
H4aThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity plays a mediator role between the degree centrality and proactive contribution behavior
H4bThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity plays a mediator role between the eigenvector centrality and proactive contribution behavior
H4cThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity plays a mediator role between the structural hole and proactive contribution behavior
H4dThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity plays a mediator role between the degree centrality and responsive contribution behavior
H4eThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity plays a mediator role between the eigenvector centrality and responsive contribution behavior
H4fThe user’s knowledge acquisition capacity plays a mediator role between the structural hole and responsive contribution behavior
H4gThe user’s knowledge application capacity plays a mediator role between the degree centrality and proactive contribution behavior
H4hThe user’s knowledge application capacity plays a mediator role between the eigenvector centrality and proactive contribution behavior
H4iThe user’s knowledge application capacity plays a mediator role between the structural hole and proactive contribution behavior