Knowledge contribution in problem solving virtual communities: The mediating role of individual motivations

SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 144-152

  Yu, Jie ^a   Jiang, Zhenhui ^a   Chan, Hock Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Expectancy value theory; Functional motivation theory; Individual motivation; Knowledge contribution; Mechanisms; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY; FUNCTIONAL MOTIVATION THEORY; INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION; KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 57349153522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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