Understanding knowledge-sharing behaviour in Wikipedia

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-142

  Yang, Heng Li ^a   Lai, Cheng Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

attitude; knowledge sharing; self concept based motivation; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ATTITUDE; CONCEPT-BASED; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF-CONCEPT-BASED MOTIVATION; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SYSTEM QUALITY; WIKIPEDIA;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 79551706678     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.516019     Document Type: Article

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