Cultivating the sense of belonging and motivating user participation in virtual communities: A social capital perspective

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 574-588

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Lu, Yaobin ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Chau, Patrick Y K ^c   Zhang, Long ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Sense of belonging; Social capital; User participation; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS; PURCHASE DECISION; SENSE OF BELONGING; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS; USER PARTICIPATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84870520268     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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