Table 1

Positive Motives for eWOM/sWOM

NoPositive motiveseWOM/sWOM contributionContextSource
1.Product involvementTraditional WOMOfflineDichter (1966) 
Self-involvement
Other-involvement
Message-involvement
2.Social benefitsGeneral eWOMInternetHennig-Thurau et al. (2004) 
Economic incentives
Helping the company
extraversion/positive self-enhancement
3.Reflected appraisal of selfFood eWOMSNSKim et al. (2015a, b) 
Self-Image congruency
4.Social outcomeGeneral eWOMSNSKim et al. (2015a, b) 
Expectations
Sharing enjoyment
5.Reflected appraisal of selfTravel eWOMSNSStyvén and Foster (2018) 
Opinion leadership
Travel experience
Need for uniqueness
6.Helping company, Product involvement, Self-enhancement and AltruismGeneral eWOMSNSWhiting et al. (2019) 

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