Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) AMCIS 2012 Proceedings Proceedings What Drives User Contribution in an Online Community? A Study in Contributor Influence and User Status Hirotoshi Takeda Management Information Systems, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada., htakeda@cis.gsu.edu Michael Cuellar CIS, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, United States., mcuellar@georgiasouthern.edu Bre Young Management Information Systems, Georgia Gwinne College, Atlanta, GA, United States., bre@brewyoung.org Robert Sainsbury GravityJack Soſtware, Liberty Lake, WA, United States., sainsrob@hotmail.com Follow this and additional works at: hp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012 is material is brought to you by the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in AMCIS 2012 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Recommended Citation Takeda, Hirotoshi; Cuellar, Michael; Young, Bre; and Sainsbury, Robert, "What Drives User Contribution in an Online Community? A Study in Contributor Influence and User Status" (2012). AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. 23. hp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/VirtualCommunities/23