Exploring the role of psychological safety in promoting the intention to continue sharing knowledge in virtual communities

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-436

  Zhang, Yixiang ^a,b   Fang, Yulin ^b   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b   Chen, Huaping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Psychological safety; Self consciousness; Trust; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY; SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; TRUST; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77955655745     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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