Table 2

Research items

VariableItemsDescriptionAuthors
Social Media Technologies (SMTs)SMT1FacebookGarrido-Moreno et al. (2018) 
SMT2TwitterChoudhury and Harrigan (2014), Garrido-Moreno et al. (2018) 
SMT3YouTubeChoudhury and Harrigan (2014), Garrido-Moreno et al. (2018), Sigala (2011) 
SMT4LinkedInChoudhury and Harrigan (2014) 
SMT5BlogsChoudhury and Harrigan (2014) 
SMT6WikiSigala (2011) 
SMT7Discussion forumsChoudhury and Harrigan (2014), Garrido-Moreno et al. (2018), Sigala (2011) 
TechnologicalKnowledge Competences (TKCs)TKC1Capability to obtain information about the status and the progress of relevant social mediaReal et al. (2006) 
TKC2Capability to generate advanced social media
TKC3Capability to assimilate new and useful social media or social media with proven potential
TKC4Capability to attract and retain qualified technical staff with knowledge in social media
TKC5Capability to dominate, generate or absorb basic and key knowledge in social media
TKC6Effectiveness in setting up programs oriented to internal development of technological or technological competences to use and improve social media in the organization
TKC7Capability to achieve an effective collaboration with other department/unit in social media
TKC8Effectiveness in definition of monitoring and revising instruments of social media
TKC9Effectiveness in the development of appropriate training programs to enable the technological knowledge base of social media
Organizational Learning (OL)OL1The organization has learned or acquired much new and relevant knowledge over the last three yearsAragón-Correa et al. (2007), García-Morales et al. (2006) 
OL2Organizational members have acquired some critical capacities and skills over the last three years
OL3The organization’s performance has been influenced by new learning it has acquired over the past three years
OL4The organization is a learning organization
Organizational Performance (OP)OP1Return on investment (ROI)Murray and Kotabe (1999), Venkatraman and Ramanujam (1986) 
OP2Return on equity (ROE)Murray and Kotabe (1999), Venkatraman and Ramanujam (1986) 
OP3Return on sales (ROS)Murray and Kotabe (1999) 
OP4Return on assets (ROA)Venkatraman and Ramanujam (1986) 
OP5Recovery of investmentVenkatraman and Ramanujam (1986) 
OP6Market share growthMurray and Kotabe (1999), Venkatraman and Ramanujam (1986) 
OP7Sales growth in its main products and/or servicesMurray and Kotabe (1999) 
SizeSIZENumber of employeesGarcía-Morales et al. (2006) 
SectorSECTORManufacture of basic pharmaceutical products/manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products/manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery/manufacture of chemicals and chemical products/manufacture of weapons and ammunition/manufacture of electrical equipment; manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.; manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers/manufacture of other transport equipment except manufacture of ships, air and spacecraft and related machinery/manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies/motion picture, video and television program production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities; telecommunications; computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities/scientific research and developmentMartín-Rojas et al. (2021) 

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