Interpersonal relationship needs of virtual community participation: Afiro perspective

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 4351-4361

  Li, Honglei ^a   Lai, Vincent S ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Firo; Interpersonal relationship; Members' participation; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS; FIRO; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP; MEMBERS' PARTICIPATION; NEW FORMS; THEORETICAL EXPLANATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84870220001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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