Altruistic traits and organizational conditions in helping online

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1574-1580

  Lee, Gyudong ^a   Lee, Won Jun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Helping in organizations; Information providing; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

BYSTANDER EFFECTS; HELPING IN ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION PROVIDING; INTERACTION EFFECT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MEDIA RICHNESS; OFFLINE; PERSONALITY TRAITS; USER GROUPS; WEB COMMUNITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 77956184441     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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