Stimulation of activity in online communities

ECCE 2011 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2011: 29th Annual Conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 163-170

  Van Oostendorp, Herre ^a   Van Varik, Ferdy ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(inter)activity; community activity framework; community success; online communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACTIVITY FRAMEWORK; COMMUNITY SUCCESS; GENERALISATION; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH APPROACH; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SOCIAL COMMUNITIES;

ERGONOMICS; RESEARCH; WEBSITES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84255160938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2074712.2074745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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