A socio-technical approach to knowledge contribution behavior: An empirical investigation of social networking sites users

被引：157

作者：

Chai, Sangmi ^{[1
]}

Kim, Minkyun ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Ewha Womans Univ, Ewha Sch Business, Seoul, South Korea

[2] Sogang Univ, Sogang Business Sch, Seoul, South Korea

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | 2012年 / 32卷 / 02期

关键词：

Ethical culture; Knowledge contribution behavior; User created contents; Socio-technical approach; Social ties; A sense of belonging; Structural assurance; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS; E-COMMERCE; TRUST; MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE; CULTURE; ETHICS; PERSPECTIVE; TYPOLOGY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2011.07.004

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

Online social networking has received increasing attention as a new phenomenon among online users. As Internet users utilize online social networking websites as a useful communication tool to maintain their social networks, this study explorers online social networking websites users' knowledge sharing in particular. This study investigated the factors which influence knowledge contribution behaviors of social networking website users by sharing through user created contents with one another. By employing a socio-technical approach, this study discussed the roles of social system factors such as ethical culture, social tie, and a sense of belonging in online social network. Additionally, this study examined technical systems factors such as structural assurance of service providers and structural assurance of the Internet. The survey method was utilized in order to empirically test the research model. The research findings and contributions are discussed as well. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：118 / 126

页数：9

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