Explaining members' proactive participation in virtual communities

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-491

  Tsai, Hsien Tung ^a   Pai, Peiyu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Identification; Proactive participation behavior; Recognition of contributions; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION; MODERATING EFFECT; PROACTIVE PARTICIPATION BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RECOGNITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS; SATISFACTION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84873325498     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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