Preliminary user study for gratitude and reciprocity in a Q&A system

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 169-174

  Kim, Yongsung ^a   Kato, Daishi ^b   Kunieda, Kazuo ^b   Yamada, Keiji ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gratitude; Motivation; Q A system; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS; GRATITUDE; INEQUALITY PROBLEM; LURKERS; NEW APPROACHES; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; RECIPROCITY; USER STUDY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 84874850248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2441955.2441998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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