Exploring the antecedents of trust in virtual communities

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 587-601

  Hsu, Meng Hsiang ^a   Chang, Chun Ming ^b   Yen, Chia Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

knowledge sharing intention; trust; trust building bases; virtual communities

Indexed keywords

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH MODELS; SHARED VISION; TRUST; TRUST-BUILDING BASES; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 80051756047     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.549513     Document Type: Article

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