The central role of engagement in online communities

Information Systems Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 528-546

  Ray, Soumya ^a   Kim, Sung S ^b   Morris, James G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community identification; Engagement; Knowledge contribution; Knowledge self efficacy; Online communities; Self identity verification; Word of mouth

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION; ENGAGEMENT; IDENTITY VERIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; SELF EFFICACY; WORD OF MOUTH;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84907581170     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2014.0525     Document Type: Article

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