The contradictory influence of social media affordances on online communal knowledge sharing

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-55

  Majchrzak, Ann ^a   Faraj, Samer ^b   Kane, Gerald C ^c   Azad, Bijan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Affordances; Online knowledge sharing; Social media

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AFFORDANCES; DYNAMIC EMERGENCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ONLINE KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885897490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12030     Document Type: Article

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