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Chapter 43
Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
The process by which a social categorization is invested with meaning.
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Towards Understanding the Successful Adoption of Blog-Based Knowledge Management Systems: A Socio-Psychological Approach
Joowon Park (Information and Communications University, South Korea), Sooran Jo (Information and Communications University, South Korea), and Junghoon Moon (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-368-5.ch043
Abstract
Knowledge has been recognized as a valuable resource for organizational activities. As businesses are entering the world of Web 2.0, knowledge sharing is widely regarded as a critical issue in the area of organizational knowledge management (KM). Recently, organizations have started adopting blog-based knowledge management systems (KMS) with encouraging results. Used as a tool for sharing organizational knowledge, blogging can aggregate the intellectual power of individual members, serve as innovative KMS, and lead to the creation of a trust-based corporate culture. However, despite the increasing adoption of blogs by organizations, a theoretical framework for understanding a blog-based KMS has not been developed. This chapter attempts to present a framework for understanding a blog-based KMS in an organizational setting, grounded in a socio-psychological approach and the application of social identity and symbolic interaction theories.
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Chapter 2
Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences
The act of people comparing themselves with others in their social circle and consequent engagement into a self-evaluation.
Published in Chapter: Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences; From: Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age
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A Digital Scholarship Project on Materialism Among Children and Adolescents
The need of a person to use other people as reference points for judging the validity of his or her own attitudes and actions.
Published in Chapter: A Digital Scholarship Project on Materialism Among Children and Adolescents; From: Digital Humanities and Scholarly Research Trends in the Asia-Pacific
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FOMOphobia: The Psychological Drivers of OTT Media Consumption Through Social Comparison, Self-Esteem, and Anxiety
A mental process of assessing one's own worth in relation to that of others; it may lead to introspection, appraisal, and a sense of one's own place in the world.
Published in Chapter: FOMOphobia: The Psychological Drivers of OTT Media Consumption Through Social Comparison, Self-Esteem, and Anxiety; From: The Rise of Over-the-Top (OTT) Media and Implications for Media Consumption and Production
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Ethical Challenges in Online Health Games
Comparison that individuals make with others, can be lateral (comparison with a person one considers as equal), upward (comparison with a person perceived as better), or downward (comparison with a person perceived as worse off).
Published in Chapter: Ethical Challenges in Online Health Games; From: Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice
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