An empirical investigation on knowledge use in virtual communities–A relationship development perspective

Shih-Wei Chou and Chia-Shiang Hsu

International Journal of Information Management, 2018, vol. 38, issue 1, 243-255

Abstract: •This study aims to understand the formation of knowledge use.•Knowledge use includes knowledge reuse and knowledge new use.•We propose a belief-motivation-use model to explain the formation of knowledge use.•We draw on the integration between the dedication-constraint framework and social cognitive theory.•The proposed hypotheses are largely supported by the empirical results.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.10.003

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