...Yueh-Min Huang; Ding-Chau Wang; Ho-Yuan Hsieh; Yong-Ming Huang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate what factors can affect individuals’ knowledge sharing on social media from the perspectives of personality traits and social capital. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical...

... contribute in the experimental knowledge-sharing activity. Findings – A significant main effect of time was found, showing overall gains in the mean willingness to participate over time. It was also found that the mean willingness of the control and top assimilation groups were higher than the mean...

...Chen-Chung Liu; Chia-Ching Lin; Kuei-Yuan Deng; Ying-Tien Wu; Chin-Chung Tsai Purpose – Many studies have integrated the mechanism of Creative Commons (CC) or similar mechanisms into web 2.0 platforms for supporting learning. The CC mechanism may create new types of knowledge sharing environments...

...Chechen Liao; Pui-Lai To; Fang-Chih Hsu Purpose – Knowledge sharing has played an important role in the proliferation of virtual communities. However little research has provided an integrated view of knowledge sharing for a general-purpose (non-professional) virtual community. This study aims...

...‐time students in full‐time employment. Wiki, loaded with functionalities that promote knowledge sharing, creates a learning environment that is conducive to students’ development of sophisticated knowledge schemas (Bower et al., 2006). Subtle differences in technology could affect...

.... Chapters are organised in sections reflecting general themes. Section 1 (chapter 1‐7) provides examples of knowledge generation, integration and utilisation; section 2 (chapters 8‐12) focuses on knowledge sharing and transfer; section 3 (chapters 13‐16) concentrates on examples addressing knowledge...

... that there is a market for this non‐encyclopaedic encyclopaedia. Whether this is warranted in fact remains to be seen, as the content is neither encyclopaedic nor comprehensive. Knowledge management Information technology Knowledge sharing © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Edited...

... --> Intellectual property Politics Knowledge sharing Intellectual property law This book is a wide‐ranging and provocative collection of invited chapters discussing the impact of intellectual policy laws on society and individuals. Most books in this area focus on copyright and the protection of creative...

... widely adopted by virtual communities to facilitate knowledge sharing and accumulation. Nevertheless very few studies have empirically investigated the dynamics of how these applications contribute to the development and continuity of virtual communities by enhancing the knowledge sharing intentions...

... Publishing Limited 2011 --> Knowledge sharing Communication Communication technologies Information retrieval The book consists of 12 chapters in three sections. The first section discusses CIB in large groups. Richter, Bray and Dutton provide a framework for categorising CNOs...

...Chao‐Min Chiu; Eric T.G. Wang; Fu‐Jong Shih; Yi‐Wen Fan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the motivations behind people's intentions to continue knowledge sharing (continuance intention) in open professional virtual communities. Design/methodology/approach Data collected from...

.../value As one of the first longitudinal case studies of implementing a wiki, several new challenges of Web 2.0 applications and of creating online environments for knowledge sharing are identified, while well‐studied problems concerning other projects seeking to develop information systems also apply...

...Enrique Bonsón‐Ponte; Tomás Escobar‐Rodríguez; Francisco Flores‐Muñoz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of an information submission model based on OWL (Web Ontology Language) that permits the subsequent implementation of knowledge‐sharing systems, such as the Set...

...Roberto García González; Rosa Gil Purpose To extract the full potential from internet‐wide knowledge sharing and reuse, the underlying copyright issues must be taken into account and managed using digital rights management (DRM) tools. The paper aims to focus on the issues involved. Design...

... Limited 2008 --> Digital libraries Knowledge sharing Understanding Knowledge as a Commons brings together experts from various disciplines. The contributors approach knowledge as a commons, as a shared resource. They place the discussion within the digital era and the challenges...