Understanding the effect of social networks on user behaviors in community-driven knowledge services

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1066-1074

  Kang, Minhyung ^a   Kim, Byoungsoo ^a   Gloor, Peter ^b   Bock, Gee Woo ^c  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; KNOWLEDGE SERVICE; RESEARCH MODELS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL TIES; USER BEHAVIORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79956075661     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21533     Document Type: Article

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