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The present research explains members’ intention to continue sharing knowledge in a virtual community in terms of knowledge self-efficacy and satisfaction. The research model was tested with the current users of a virtual professional community (Hong Kong Education City) and was accounted for 32% of the variance. Both knowledge self-efficacy and satisfaction play an important role in explaining members’ intention to continue sharing knowledge. The findings contribute to the foundation for future research aimed at improve-ing our understanding of user continuance behavior in virtual communities.
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Cheung, C.M.K., Lee, M.K.O. (2007). What Drives Members to Continue Sharing Knowledge in a Virtual Professional Community? The Role of Knowledge Self-efficacy and Satisfaction. In: Zhang, Z., Siekmann, J. (eds) Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management. KSEM 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4798. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76719-0_46
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