A study of members' helping behaviors in online community

Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-292

  Chu, Kuo Ming ^a  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community behaviour; Online operations; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350070115     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240910965351     Document Type: Article

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