Identifying Influential Factors of Knowledge Sharing in Emergency Events: A Virtual Community Perspective

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-382

  Shan, Siqing ^a   Xin, Tenglong ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Li, You ^a   Li, Ling ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Emergency events; Knowledge sharing; Structural equation modeling; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY EVENTS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878138788     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2181     Document Type: Article

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