Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is
frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal …

Online travel community has been considered central to models of Internet marketing and
electronic commerce in the travel industry. The successful operation of an online travel …

This study contributes to the understanding of online travel communities by extending and
empirically testing a conceptual framework of online travel community member needs …

This study contributes to the understanding of online communities by examining why
community members are willing to make active contributions to their community. A model of …

Purpose–To explore, through a case study approach, relationship and community
development in online consumer communities. Design/methodology/approach–A case study …

PWS proved to be a very effective tool for the organization and implementation of on-line,
public policy networks. The participants rated it very favorably as a good tool for …

This study considers the attraction of company online communities, taking the perspective of
relationship marketing. The purpose of the study is to identify and analyse the attraction of …

This article reports on the analysis of online discussions among graduate students studying
the theoretical and philosophical foundations of educational technology, with the aim of …

Communities of research, practice and policy-making in the governance and international
development sector are widely distributed in Canada, and have uneven access to …

The purpose of this study is to:(1) identify the fundamental needs of on line tourism
community members and measure these needs using empirical data;(2) solicit and …