The mediate effect of trust on organizational online knowledge sharing: An empirical study

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 625-644

  Ho, Li An ^a   Kuo, Tsung Hsien ^b   Lin, Chinho ^c   Lin, Binshan ^d  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Testing Center   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer attitude; knowledge sharing; system quality; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954833800     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622010003981     Document Type: Article

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