Knowledge sharing in interest online communities: A comparison of posters and lurkers

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-306

  Lai, Hui Min ^a   Chen, Tsung Teng ^b  

^a CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Knowledge sharing; Lurkers; Online communities; Posters

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION;

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LURKERS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; POSTERS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84897379477     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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