Exploring the determinants of knowledge sharing via employee weblogs

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-146

  Papadopoulos, Thanos ^a   Stamati, Teta ^b   Nopparuch, Pawit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Employee weblogs; Knowledge sharing; Perceived enjoyment; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WEBLOGS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870441460     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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