What drives continued knowledge sharing? An investigation of knowledge-contribution and -seeking beliefs

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 826-838

  He, Wei ^a   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavior; Belief; KMS continuance; Knowledge contribution; Knowledge seeking

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIOR; BELIEF; KMS CONTINUANCE; KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS; KNOWLEDGE SEEKING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61349101778     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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