Information behaviour meets social capital: A conceptual model

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-355

  Widn Wulff, Gunilla ^a   Ek, Stefan ^a   Ginman, Mariam ^a   Perttil, Reija ^a   Sdergrd, Pia ^a   Ttterman, Anna Karin ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information behaviour; Information sharing; Knowledge sharing; Social capital; Social capital dimensions; Social network

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SHARING; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 43449113919     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551507084679     Document Type: Article

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