Understanding the determinants of EKR usage from social, technological and personal perspectives

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-179

  Lin, Tung Ching ^a   Huang, Chien Chih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b 70 Lien Hai Road ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic knowledge repositories; Social capital theory; Social cognitive theory; Task technology fit

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ELECTRONIC KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES; KEY FACTORS; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES; SAMPLING SURVEYS; SELF EFFICACIES; SOCIAL CAPITAL THEORY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT; TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 62449150816     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551508095780     Document Type: Article

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