Lee, Matthew K. O.

Liu, Hefu

Liu, Huiyu

Zheng, Bowen

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Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) DIGIT 2022 Proceedings Diffusion Interest Group In Information Technology 2022 Task Solver or Socializer? The Impact of Camera Usage on Social Loafing in Hybrid Virtual Meeting Context Huiyu Liu Bowen Zheng Hefu Liu Matthew K. O. Lee Follow this and additional works at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/digit2022 This material is brought to you by the Diffusion Interest Group In Information Technology at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in DIGIT 2022 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org.  Task Solver or Socializer?    Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh DIGIT Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark December 2022 1 Task Solver or Socializer? The Impact of Camera Usage on Social Loafing in Hybrid Virtual Meeting Context Research-in-Progress Paper  Huiyu LIU University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, China City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong huiyuliu2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk  Bowen ZHENG Central South University Lu Shan Nan Lu 932, Changsha, Hunan, China bowenzheng@csu.edu.cn Hefu LIU University of Science and Technology of China Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, China liuhf@ustc.edu.cn Matthew Kwok On LEE City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong matthew.lee@cityu.edu.hk  Abstract Virtual meetings afford brainstorming teams to collect attendees from anywhere. However, virtual brainstorming meetings suffer from social loafing— individuals’ tendency to exert less effort when working in teams compared with working alone. The current paper identified a unique hybrid context in virtual meetings, during which some attendees with the camera on while others are off. Existing literature recognized camera usage and task difficulty as critical determinants of individuals’ participation. Grounding on distraction conflict theory, we investigate the mechanisms of camera usage and task difficulty on both audio and video attendees’ social loafing in hybrid virtual meetings. Online experimental results confirmed the interaction effects of camera usage and task difficulty on attentional conflict. The more attentional capacity devoted to the task or emotional display, the less social loafing was performed. This paper will provide important academic implications for research on social loafing and virtual meetings and practical instructions on matching the camera feature with meeting tasks in virtual meetings. Keywords:  hybrid virtual meetings, social loafing, camera usage, task difficulty  

Task Solver or Socializer? The Impact of Camera Usage on Social Loafing in Hybrid Virtual Meeting Context

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Task Solver or Socializer? The Impact of Camera Usage on Social Loafing in Hybrid Virtual Meeting Context

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