Why people share knowledge in virtual communities

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-690

  Shu, Wesley ^a   Chuang, Yu Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Self esteem; Social networks; Theory of reasoned action; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959681763     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.5.671     Document Type: Article

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