The Influence of Group Identity, Group Trust and Group Norms on Group Learning Participation

Abstract

There is little research concerning students’ willingness to participate in activities of virtual group. Accordingly, based on social identity theory this study conducted a path analysis to investigate the antecedents of students’ participation. The result indicated that it were positively influenced by both shared group identity and group trust. Although group norms was also affected by shared group identity, its influence on students’ participation was not significant.