Exploring the moderating effects of commitment and perceived value of knowledge in explaining knowledge contribution in virtual communities

PACIS 2006 - 10th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: ICT and Innovation Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 239-254

  Ye, Shun ^a   Chen, Huaping ^a   Jin, Xiaoling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Commitment; Knowledge contribution; Moderating effect; Perceived value of knowledge; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT; KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTION; MODERATING EFFECT; PERCEIVED VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 49949118602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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