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Phantom authority, self-selective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia
Abstract
Virtual communities constitute a building block of the information society. These organizations appear capable to guarantee unique outcomes in voluntary association since they cancel physical distance and ease the process of searching for like-minded individuals. In particular, open source communities, devoted to the collective production of public goods, show efficiency properties far superior to the traditional institutional solutions to the...
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Phantom authority, self-selective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia
Published Date
Dec 1, 2003
Journal
Volume
8
Issue
12
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