The decision to continue sharing knowledge in virtual communities: The moderating role of knowledge-sharing experience and knowledge self-efficacy

Proceedings - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lai, Hui Min ^a   Hsieh, Pi Jung ^b  

^a CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community involvement; Continued knowledge sharing; Individual motivation; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; ENJOYMENT IN HELPINGS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; ONLINE SURVEYS; PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84911905531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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