The online social networks on knowledge exchange: Online social identity, social tie and culture orientation

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 4-24

  Xiao, Huilin ^a,b   Li, Weifeng ^b,c   Cao, Xubin ^b   Tang, Zongming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culture orientation; Knowledge exchange; Online social identity; Social tie; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870265582     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2012.11082753     Document Type: Article

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