Homomorphism weak amenability of certain Banach algebras

In this paper we introduce the notion of φ-commutativity for a Banach algebra A, where φ is a continuous homomorphism on A and study the concept of φ-weak amenability for φ-commutative Banach algebras. We give an example to show that the class of φ-weakly amenable Banach algebras is larger than that of weakly amenable commutative Banach algebras. We characterize φ-weak amenability of φ-commutative Banach algebras and prove some hereditary properties. Moreover we verify some of the previous available results about commutative weakly amenable Banach algebras, for φ-commutative φ-weakly amenable Banach algebras.