Sociological factors affecting trust development in virtual communities

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-63

  Daneshgar, Farhad ^a,c   Ho, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KPMG Australia   (Australia)

^c SISTM

Author keywords

Sociological factors; Trust; Trust development; VCs; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ONLINE SEARCHING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONTEXTUAL-LEVEL; PERSONAL-LEVEL; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS; TRUST DEVELOPMENT;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 37849015591     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2008.016002     Document Type: Article

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