Personality traits and knowledge sharing in online communities

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-216

  Jadin, Tanja ^a   Gnambs, Timo ^b   Batinic, Bernad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Motivation; Online community; Personality; Values; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PERSONALITY; VALUES; WIKIPEDIA;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEBSITES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84868208499     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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