Knowledge contribution in virtual communities: Accounting for multiple dimensions of social presence through social identity

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-348

  Shen, Kathy Ning ^a   Yu, Angela Yan ^b   Khalifa, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

knowledge contribution; social identity; social presence; virtual communities

Indexed keywords

JOINT EFFECT; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; ONLINE SURVEYS; PRIOR INFORMATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; SYSTEM DESIGN; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77953723880     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903156622     Document Type: Article

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