CouchSurfing experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network

The aim of this thesis was to analyse behavioural patterns that occur after a negative experience during a hospitality exchange. The focus of this study is the largest online hospitality network to date, the CouchSurfing Project. CouchSurfing enables travellers to connect and to offer each other hel...

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Main Author: Franz, Melanie
Other Authors: Humanistinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities, Taiteiden ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitos, Department of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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description The aim of this thesis was to analyse behavioural patterns that occur after a negative experience during a hospitality exchange. The focus of this study is the largest online hospitality network to date, the CouchSurfing Project. CouchSurfing enables travellers to connect and to offer each other help in form of a free hospitality exchange. Furthermore, CouchSurfing presents a platform for cultural exchange and the possibility for members to connect in this online-offline community. As part of a qualitative study, a voluntary online questionnaire has been distributed and answered by 35 CouchSurfing members. The results give insight of how they deal with a negative experience after offline interaction in terms of reference giving and what they do when encountering a negative reference. While the hospitality exchange is build on trust that has been created through various features of the hospitality network, this thesis investigated what happens if trust is violated and how this influences the further actions of its members. As a result, multiple intentions of reference giving or non- reference giving have been identified. These reasons range from reference as reward or punishment, to educational reasons. The underlying thread to decision-making are concerns regarding status and reputation, being it one’s own or those of other members. Furthermore, members’ actions create an apparent paradox. They criticize the flaws of the reputational system as safety generating function, while simultaneously their actual actions and decisions in leaving references neglect to contribute to former.
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title CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
title_alt Experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
title_full CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
title_fullStr CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
title_full_unstemmed CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
title_short CouchSurfing
title_sort couchsurfing experiences reputation references and decision making in an online hospitality network
title_sub experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
title_txtP CouchSurfing : experiences, reputation, references and decision-making in an online hospitality network
topic sohvasurffaus CouchSurfing Digital Culture (maisteriohjelma) International Master's Degree Programme in Digital Culture Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus 319 vieraanvaraisuus verkkopalvelut verkkoyhteisöt Internet maine suositukset vaihtokauppa kokemukset
topic_facet 319 CouchSurfing Digital Culture (maisteriohjelma) International Master's Degree Programme in Digital Culture Internet Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus kokemukset maine sohvasurffaus suositukset vaihtokauppa verkkopalvelut verkkoyhteisöt vieraanvaraisuus
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