Why do you return the favor in online knowledge communities? A study of the motivations of reciprocity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 342-349

  Ye, Hua ^b   Feng, Yuanyue ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Community norm; Indebtedness; Online knowledge community; Perceived anonymity; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COMMUNITY NORMS; INDEBTEDNESS; ONLINE KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES; PERCEIVED ANONYMITIES; RECIPROCITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84971284015     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.007     Document Type: Article

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