Not what you know, nor who you know, but who you know already: Examining online information sharing behaviours in a blogging environment through the lens of social exchange theory

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Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Hall, Hazel ^a   Widén, Gunilla ^b   Paterson, Lorraine ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954204997     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/libr.2010.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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