Knowledge sharing and social media: Altruism, perceived online attachment motivation, and perceived online relationship commitment

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-58

  Ma, Will W K ^a   Chan, Albert ^b  

^a HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Altruism; Knowledge sharing; Perceived online attachment motivation; Perceived online relationship commitment; Social media

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ALTRUISM; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERCEIVED ONLINE ATTACHMENT MOTIVATIONS; PERCEIVED ONLINE RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENTS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84904536990     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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