The provision of online public goods: Examining social structure in an electronic network of practice

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-265

  Wasko, Molly McLure ^a   Teigland, Robin ^b   Faraj, Samer ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Digital social networks; Electronic networks of practice; Online communities

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEMBER; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL MASS; DIGITAL SOCIAL NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC NETWORKS OF PRACTICE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PUBLIC GOODS; SELF-ORGANIZE; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SPACES; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 67349221769     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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