The mediating role of trust and commitment on members' continuous knowledge sharing intention: A commitment-trust theory perspective

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-151

  Hashim, Kamarul Faizal ^a   Tan, Felix B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business online communities; Commitment trust theory; Continuous knowledge sharing; Information systems continuous use model

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AFFECTIVE COMMITMENTS; COMMITMENT-TRUST THEORY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LEVEL OF SATISFACTION; MEDIATING ROLES; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; USE-MODEL;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84915752232     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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