What makes bloggers share knowledge? An investigation on the role of trust

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 408-415

  Chai, Sangmi ^a   Kim, Minkyun ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blog; Knowledge sharing; Social networking website; Trust

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

BLOG; COLLABORATIVE WORK; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING PLATFORM; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; TRUST; WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES;

BLOGS;

EID: 77955660594     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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