Online motivational factors: Incentives for participation and contribution in wikipedia

Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 243-267

  Rafaeli, Sheizaf ^a,b   Ariel, Yaron ^c  

^a InfoSoc the Center for the Study of the Information Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NONE

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EID: 84923524235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511813740.012     Document Type: Chapter

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