Ambivalent effect of member portraits in virtual groups.
Knowledge exchange with shared databases can be seen as a public-goods dilemma. People are reluctant to contribute information because they save time, effort and perhaps social power if they withhold their knowledge and socially loaf. But if all people choose this individually efficient strategy, th...
| Published in: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 281 - 292 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2005
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