Determinants of success for online communities: An analysis of three communities in terms of members' perceived professional development

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 433-445

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information quality; Professional development; Service quality; Success of online communities; System quality

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION QUALITY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE QUALITY; SUCCESS OF ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SYSTEM QUALITY;

EMPLOYMENT; LEAD; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 70449565444     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290802005995     Document Type: Article

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