Location, motivation, and social capitalization via enterprise social networking

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-37

  Fulk, Janet ^a   Yuan, Y Connie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise social networking; Information public goods; Knowledge sharing; Social capital; Social media; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PUBLIC GOODS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885920576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12033     Document Type: Article

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