What's coming next? Epistemic curiosity and lurking behavior in online communities

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 293-303

  Schneider, Andreas ^a   Von Krogh, Georg ^a   Jäger, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contribution behavior; De lurking; Epistemic curiosity; Lurking; Motivation; Online communities

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTION BEHAVIOR; DE-LURKING; EPISTEMIC CURIOSITY; LURKING; ONLINE COMMUNITIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84868193636     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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