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Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) Continuance in Organizations: A Social Relational Perspective

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This study explores knowledge management systems (KMS) continuance behavior in organizations. The study draws from the tenets of prior research on user acceptance and continuance of IS and the Social Capital Theory and suggest that both the technical and the situational social aspects of a KMS needs to be considered to understand KMS continuance. A conceptual model and a set of theoretical propositions are proposed as a foundation for further investigation.

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  1. Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Joy Wei He & Kwok-Kee Wei

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  2. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Fangzhen Lin

  3. Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China

    Ju Wang

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He, J.W., Wei, KK. (2006). Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) Continuance in Organizations: A Social Relational Perspective. In: Lang, J., Lin, F., Wang, J. (eds) Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management. KSEM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11811220_4

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