Task and social information seeking: Whom do we prefer and whom do we approach?

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-240

  Xu, Yunjie ^a   Kim, Hee Woong ^b   Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

perceived information relevance; perceived relational benefit; preference for source; social information seeking; sourcing frequency; task information seeking

Indexed keywords

PERCEIVED INFORMATION RELEVANCE; PERCEIVED RELATIONAL BENEFIT; PREFERENCE FOR SOURCE; SOCIAL INFORMATION; SOURCING FREQUENCY; TASK INFORMATION SEEKING;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOTIVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 79951865863     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222270308     Document Type: Article

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