Interpersonal trust and knowledge sharing: Moderating effects of individual altruism and a social interaction environment

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-94

  Wu, Wei Li ^a   Lin, Chien Hsin ^b   Hsu, Bi Fen ^c   Yeh, Ryh Song ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Altruism; Interpersonal trust; Knowledge sharing.; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849342165     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.1.83     Document Type: Article

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