Verification of Knowledge Assets in Electronic Repositories: Expert- and Community-Governance |
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| Authors: | Varol O. Kayhan Christopher J. Davis Rosann Webb Collins Anol Bhattacherjee |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of South Florida St. Petersburg, College of Business, St. Petersburg , Florida , USA vkayhan@usfsp.edu;3. University of South Florida St. Petersburg, College of Business, St. Petersburg , Florida , USA;4. University of South Florida, College of Business , Tampa , Florida , USA |
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| Abstract: | Two mechanisms that verify knowledge contributions in electronic repositories are expert-governance and community-governance. Our goal is to examine repository users' perceptions of the conditions under which these mechanisms verify knowledge contributions. Qualitative data show that perceived credibility of experts, perceived ownership of content, and experts' (meticulous) execution of governance functions are salient for expert-governance, and the perceived involvement of community members, and community members' (continuous and collective) execution of governance functions are important for community-governance. |
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| Keywords: | Governance mechanisms expert-governance community-governance verification of contributions |
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