Title :
Examining the Effect of Psychological Sense on Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities: The Mediating Role of Trust
Author :
Li, Zhijun ; Hu, Haiqing ; Zhang, Daohong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Xi´´an Univ. of Technol., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Since people are increasingly using online tools to share ideas and contact others, the importance of virtual communities is growing day by day. However, in the quest for exploring the relationship between psychological sense, trust, and knowledge sharing in virtual communities, there have been still very few studies. This study has revealed how knowledge sharing is fostered through trust in order to ensure success and survival of virtual communities.
Keywords :
cognition; knowledge acquisition; psychology; social networking (online); virtual reality; Internet; knowledge sharing; psychological sense; trust; virtual community; Knowledge sharing; Psychological sense; Trust; Virtual Communities;
Conference_Titel :
Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8829-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIII.2010.618
