Happy Hosts? Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing in the Sharing Economy.

ABSTRACT: Sharing economy platforms mediate exchanges between service providers and consumers. The experiences of service providers in the sharing economy have been extensively studied. Nevertheless, our knowledge in regard to the extent to which providers' participation influences their wellbeing remains incomplete. This study focuses on the peer-to-peer accommodation platform Airbnb and explores why and how different aspects involved in hosting can contribute to or hinder hosts' hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing. To that end, I conducted a netnography and depth interviews with Airbnb hosts. Based on a qualitative analysis of the overall dataset, I identify three sources of positive affect associated with hosting, namely, the sociability involved in the host-guest interaction, the act of providing h

SUBMITTER: von Richthofen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8965736 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature