A View On Virtual Communities

Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities: An E-Business …

… These results imply that the level of community knowledge sharing activity may be a proper proxy for the state of health of a virtual community. Implications of ⁽¹⁾ …

… by M Tomai · 2010 · Cited by 102 — by M Tomai · 2010 · Cited by 102The general aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that students belonging to a school online community would show higher levels of both offline ⁽²⁾ …

Sense of virtual community – maintaining the experience of …

… Again these processes are similar to those in non-virtual communities but related to the challenges of electronic communication. The findings suggest a ⁽³⁾ …

… by D Abfalter · · Cited by 205 — by D Abfalter · · Cited by 205One concept that explains the participation in online communities is a sense of virtual community (SOVC) which is based on the offline equivalent sense of ⁽⁴⁾ …

Some antecedents and effects of trust in virtual communities

… by CM Ridings · 2002 · Cited by 2255 — by CM Ridings · 2002 · Cited by 2255The people in a virtual community have a notion of membership whether formal or informal and form personal relationships with others in the community (Sproull ⁽⁵⁾ …

… Virtual communities are groups of people with similar interests who meet online and together act as a learning environment place for social support or as⁽⁶⁾ …

(PDF) Knowledge sharing mechanisms in virtual communities

… resources are a critical part of the creation and dissemination of the knowledge-based resources in virtual communities. systems issues. Furthermore virtual ⁽⁷⁾ …

… 1997 ). All definitions are in a great extend defining online communities as communities comprising human social interaction and communication where the ⁽⁸⁾ …