Impact of Reverse Empowerment and Proactive Motivations on Physicians' Online Knowledge Sharing in Digital Platforms: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital platforms offer a venue for patients and physicians to exchange health information and provide health care services outside traditional organizational contexts. Previous studies have seldom focused on the factors that drive the proactivity of physicians' online behavior. Additionally, there is limited research exploring the influence of patients on physicians' online behavior, particularly from the perspective of patients possessing power.

Objective

This study aims to investigate the effect of patient-empowering behaviors on physicians' online knowledge sharing and uncover the potential mechanisms of proactivity. Based on the proactive motivational model and empowerment theory, we propose the existence of a reverse empowerment process, where empowerment fl

SUBMITTER: Su J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661403 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature