An attraction-selection-attrition theory of online community size and resilience

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 699-728

  Butler, Brian S ^a   Bateman, Patrick J ^b   Gray, Peter H ^c   Diamant, E Ilana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Costs; Emergent systems; Online communities; Simulation; Social media

Indexed keywords

COSTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

BENEFITS; COMMUNITY RESILIENCES; COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; SIMULATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES; TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84944244290     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2014/38.3.04     Document Type: Article

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