The signaling role of IT features in influencing trust and participation in online communities

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 7-56

  Benlian, Alexander ^a   Hess, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute for Information Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Online communities; participation; privacy; quality assured content; security; signaling theory; transparency; trust; usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959919782     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415150401     Document Type: Article

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