Understanding knowledge sharing in virtual communities: An integration of social capital and social cognitive theories

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1872-1888

  Chiu, Chao Min ^a   Hsu, Meng Hsiang ^b   Wang, Eric T G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Outcome expectations; Social capital; Social cognitive theory; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33750439144     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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