The ties that bind: Social network principles in online communities

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-274

  Ganley, Dale ^a   Lampe, Cliff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b 424 College of Communication Arts and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Online communities; Reputation systems; Social capital; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT CONCEPT; BUSINESS MODELS; CLOSURE THEORY; MECHANISM DESIGN; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; REPUTATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL HOLES; WEB 2.0;

MACHINE DESIGN;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67349147374     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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