Dimensions of online community attributes: Examination of online communities hosted by companies in Korea

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 812-830

  Kim, Hye Shin ^a   Park, Jin Yong ^b   Jin, Byoungho ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Online operations; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949089665     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550810901008     Document Type: Article

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