Information exchange with shared databases as a social dilemma: The effect of metaknowledge, bonus systems, and costs

Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-390

  Cress, Ulrike ^a   Kimmerle, Joachim ^b   Hesse, Friedrich W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs; Information exchange; Knowledge management; Metaknowledge; Payoff structure; Public good; Reward systems; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747805952     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650206291481     Document Type: Article

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