The impact of community commitment on participation in online communities

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 841-854

  Bateman, Patrick J ^a   Gray, Peter H ^b   Butler, Brian S ^c  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Discussion groups; Online behavior; Online communities; Social media; Social technologies; Virtual communities; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952383355     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0265     Document Type: Article

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