Exploring knowledge sharing in virtual teams: A social exchange theory perspective

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wu, Sheng ^a   Lin, Cathy S ^b   Lin, Tung Ching ^c  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge Sharing; Social Exchange Theory; Virtual Team

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; NETWORK TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33749593155     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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