Understanding the continuance intention of knowledge sharing in online communities of practice through the post-knowledge-sharing evaluation processes

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1357-1374

  Cheung, Christy M K ^a   Lee, Matthew K O ^b   Lee, Zach W Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

communities of practice; knowledge management; user satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; CONTINUANCE INTENTIONS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH MODELS; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; USER SATISFACTION;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; WEBSITES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84878589717     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22854     Document Type: Article

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