Beyond Adoption Intention: Online Communities and Member Motivation to Contribute Longitudinally

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-236

  Wang, Xuequn ^a   Clay, Paul F ^b  

^a DONGBEI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

content contribution; online community; self determination theory; technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863968969     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919392.2012.696928     Document Type: Article

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