Table 3

Constructs included in the research model

ConstructDefinition
Knowledge sharingThe act of exchanging information, experience and skills connected with smoking cessation among users within a smoking cessation OHC Hsu et al. (2007) 
CommitmentAn enduring desire to maintain the relationship with the smoking cessation OHC Wiertz and de Ruyter (2007) 
ReciprocityA sense of a mutual debt to repay or appreciation for the benefits obtained from others in the smoking cessation OHC Chiu et al. (2006) 
Shared languageDistinctive smoking-cessation-related terms for which users share a common understanding so as to facilitate communication in the smoking cessation OHC Chang and Chuang (2011), Chiu et al. (2006) 
Shared visionValues, goals and concerns held in common with regard to smoking cessation Chiu et al. (2006), Hau et al. (2013) 
Social tiesThe strength of the relationships, communication frequency and duration of communication among users in the smoking cessation OHC Chiu et al. (2006) 

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