The decision to share information and rumors: Examining the role of motivation in an online discussion forum

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-68

  Marett, Kent ^a   Joshi, K D ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Information sharing; Intrinsic motivation; Normative influences; Online community; Rumor

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION; INFORMATION SHARING; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; NORMATIVE INFLUENCES; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; RUMOR;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 70349329197     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02404     Document Type: Article

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