Web 2.0 Social Networks: The Role of Trust

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 505-522

  Grabner Kräuter, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

online social networks; privacy; security; social capital; social networking; sources of trust; trust; value; Web 2.0 environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957278870     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0603-1     Document Type: Article

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