• DOI:10.1080/0144929X.2014.929744
Corpus ID: 29742930

The reasons why people continue editing Wikipedia content – task value confirmation perspective

@article{Lai2014TheRW,
  title={The reasons why people continue editing Wikipedia content – task value confirmation perspective},
  author={C. Lai and H. Yang},
  journal={Behaviour & Information Technology},
  year={2014},
  volume={33},
  pages={1371 - 1382}
}

C. Lai, H. Yang

Published 2014

Psychology, Computer Science

Behaviour & Information Technology

Recently, Wikipedia has garnered increasing public attention. However, few studies have examined the intentions of individuals who edit Wikipedia content. Furthermore, previous studies ascribed a ‘knowledge sharing’ label to Wikipedia content editors. However, in this work, Wikipedia can be viewed as a platform that allows individuals to show their expertise. This study investigates the underlying reasons that drive individuals to edit Wikipedia content. Based on expectation-confirmation theory… CONTINUE READING

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