Endowment heterogeneity and identifiability in the information-exchange dilemma

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 862-874

  Cress, Ulrike ^a   Kimmerle, Joachim ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Identifiability; Information exchange; Knowledge management; Norm; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; IDENTIFIABILITY; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; NORMS; SOCIAL DILEMMA;

DATA TRANSFER;

EID: 39749142769     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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