Factors influencing the willingness to contribute information to online communities

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-296

  Li, Xigen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

community affinity; cost of contribution; discretionary database; expectancy theory; online information contribution; perceived value of contribution; reward for contribution; social approval

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952959929     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810372164     Document Type: Article

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