Distributed fascinating knowledge over an online travel community

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-43

  Ku, Edward C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Online travel community; Tacit knowledge sharing; Trust

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84891663035     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1895     Document Type: Article

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