Profiling good Samaritans in online knowledge forums: Effects of affiliative tendency, self-esteem, and public individuation on knowledge sharing

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1336-1344

  Lee, Eun Ju ^a   Jang, Jeong Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affiliative tendency; Knowledge sharing; Public individuation; Recognition rewards; Self esteem; Social presence

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE TENDENCY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PUBLIC INDIVIDUATION; RECOGNITION REWARDS; SELF-ESTEEM; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956189218     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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