"It is what one does": why people participate and help others in electronic communities of practice

By Molly McLure Wasko, Samer Faraj. Journal of strategic information systems, 2000

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Subfields: Communication, Computer Science Applications, Strategy and Management

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Usability and Sociability in Online Communities: A Comparative Study of Knowledge Seeking and Contribution (2009, background): “Prior research has identified the desire for social interaction as a key driver behind individuals’ willingness to contribute knowledge in online communities (Wasko and Faraj, 2000).”
Influence of personality on travel-related consumer-generated media creation (2011, background): “…to community citizenship (Ardichvili, Page, & Wentling, 2003; Bonacich & Schneider, 1992; Osterloh & Frey, 2000), reciprocity (Kellock, 1998; Wasko & Faraj, 2000), moral obligation (Constant, Sproull, & Kiesler, 1996), and self-interest (Wasko & Faraj, 2000) have been suggested as reasons…”
The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation on knowledge sharing intentions of civil servants in Ebonyi State, Nigeria (2012, methodology): “Additionally, enjoyment in helping others was measured with two items derived from Wasko and Faraj (2000), which focused on employee perceptions of pleasure obtained through sharing knowledge.”
The effects of network sharing on knowledge-sharing activities and job performance in enterprise social media environments (2016, background): “Knowledge sharing within online communities can be facilitated by the norm of reciprocity, accompanied by a strong sense of fairness (Wasko & Faraj, 2000).”
Knowledge sharing behavior in virtual communities: The relationship between trust, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations (2007, background): “Knowledge sharing is a motivation for members to use VCs (Ridings et al., 2002; Wasko and Faraj, 2000).”
To give or to receive? Factors influencing members' knowledge sharing and community promotion in professional virtual communities (2010, background): “Prior research indicated that knowledge sharing was facilitated by a strong sense of reciprocity and fairness [10].”
Knowledge Collaboration in Online Communities (2011, background): “…on what drives individuals to participate and contribute in these open and virtual forums and secondarily on what psychological, social, and economic factors sustain these communities (Butler 2001, Butler et al. 2007, Ma and Agarwal 2007, Preece 2000, Ren et al. 2007, Wasko and Faraj 2000).”
Contributing Knowledge to Electronic Knowledge Repositories: An Empirical Investigation (2005, background): “By sharing their knowledge, contributors may receive reciprocal benefits, i.e., their future requests for knowledge being met by others (Connolly and Thorn 1990; Kollock 1999; Wasko and Faraj 2000), which can facilitate their work.”
Motivation and barriers to participation in virtual knowledge-sharing communities of practice (2003, positive): “Research shows that there are numerous reasons individuals could have for sharing their knowledge with other members of a CoP online, ranging from self-esteem boosting to altruistic and conformist considerations (McLure and Faraj, 2000).”