The cognitive selection framework for knowledge acquisition strategies in virtual communities

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-120

  Kim, Junghwan ^a   Song, Jaeki ^a,b   Jones, Donald R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Goal setting theory; Knowledge acquisition strategy; Knowledge transfer; Social cognitive theory; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES; GOAL-SETTING THEORIES; KNOWLEDGE PERSPECTIVE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 79751537231     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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