Can social exchange theory explain individual knowledge-sharing behavior? A meta-analysis;La théorie de l'échange social peut-elle expliquer le comportement de partage des connaissances individuelles? Une méta-analyse

ICIS 2008 Proceedings - Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Liang, Ting Peng ^a   Liu, Chih Chung ^a   Wu, Chia Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Meta research; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; EXTENDED MODEL; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; META-ANALYSIS; RESEARCH TOPICS; SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870969267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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