A study of Facebook Groups members' knowledge sharing

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1971-1979

  Pi, Shih Ming ^a   Chou, Chen Huei ^b   Liao, Hsiu Li ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Facebook Groups; Knowledge sharing; Social and psychological forces; Social networking sharing culture

Indexed keywords

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION; FACEBOOK; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; OPEN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING; SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FORCES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; WILLINGNESS TO SHARE;

MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876994807     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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