The effects of social and technical factors on user satisfaction, sense of belonging and knowledge community usage

International Journal of e-Collaboration

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 13-30

  Lin, Hui ^a   Fan, Weiguo ^b   Wallace, Linda ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community governance; Information quality; Knowledge community; Pro sharing norms; Sense of belonging; Socio technical theory; System quality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY GOVERNANCES; INFORMATION QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES; PRO-SHARING NORMS; SENSE OF BELONGING; SOCIO-TECHNICAL THEORIES; SYSTEM QUALITY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84891801114     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2013070102     Document Type: Article

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