A test of the individual action model for organizational information commons

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 569-585

  Fulk, Janet ^a   Heino, Rebecca ^b   Flanagin, Andrew J ^c   Monge, Peter R ^a   Bar, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Communication technology; Information technology; Intranet; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544232747     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0081     Document Type: Article

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