Identifying the value types of virtual communities based on the Q method

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-65

  Liu, Chung Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication; In depth interview; Knowledge sharing; Q methodology; User type; Virtual community; Virtual group; Web

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; Q METHODOLOGY; USER TYPE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; VIRTUAL GROUP;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78751633057     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2011.038125     Document Type: Article

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