Motives for giving information in non-work contexts and the expectations of reciprocity. The case of environmental activists

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 44, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 47349101597     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450440210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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