Sense of virtual community: A conceptual framework and empirical validation

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-94

  Koh, Joon ^a   Kim, Young Gul ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Sense of virtual community; Virtual community; Virtual community origin

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; E-COMMERCE;

EID: 1342290272     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2003.11044295     Document Type: Article

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