Proposing the online community self-disclosure model: The case of working professionals in France and the U.K. who use online communities

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-195

  Posey, Clay ^a   Lowry, Paul Benjamin ^b   Roberts, Tom L ^c   Ellis, T Selwyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Privacy; Reciprocity; Self disclosure; Social influence; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952042701     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.15     Document Type: Article

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