Fostering the determinants of knowledge sharing in professional virtual communities

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 929-939

  Lin, Ming Ji James ^a   Hung, Shiu Wan ^a   Chen, Chih Jou ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community loyalty; Knowledge sharing; Norm of reciprocity; Trust; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY LOYALTY; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; NORM OF RECIPROCITY; TRUST; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 67349198948     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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