The Role of the Sharing Economy in an Island Community - A Host Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorSilva, Greicy K.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorLyle, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-29T13:32:43Z
dc.date.available2020-12-29T13:32:43Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe sharing and collaborative platform services still promise to support local communities with their access to resources not otherwise attainable, and therefore extend their impact beyond the scope of large urban environments. However, may be inaccessible to certain geographical areas. Homesharing services, Airbnb and Couchsurfing, and their use on Madeira Island, where such platforms have reached critical mass. We explore the way in which hosts understand trust, both with the mediating platforms and with the guests who rent their rooms/homes. Based on preliminary analysis of interviews with local residents who are hosts for Airbnb and Couchsurfing, our results indicated a high level of trust in the platform service (i.e. damage liability) and trust in strangers (i.e. guests). We identified reasons for participation in the sharing economy and we discuss the hosts perspective on trust, the association to ease of use, the self-efficacy related to participation in the sharing economy.en
dc.identifier.doi10.18420/ct2019-097
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4090
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEUSSET
dc.relation.ispartofSupplementary Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Transforming Communities
dc.subjectSharing economy
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectParticipation
dc.subjectIsland community
dc.subjectEase of use
dc.subjectSelf-efficacy
dc.subjectHost perspective
dc.titleThe Role of the Sharing Economy in an Island Community - A Host Perspectiveen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
gi.conference.dateJune, 2019
gi.conference.locationVienna, Austria
mci.conference.reviewfull

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