A Structural Model of Employee Behavioral Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media

Yan Huang
Yan Huang
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Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Param Vir Singh
Param Vir Singh
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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Anindya Ghose
Anindya Ghose
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Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012; and Korea University Business School, Seoul, South Korea
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Yan Huang

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Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

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Param Vir Singh

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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Anindya Ghose

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Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012; and Korea University Business School, Seoul, South Korea

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Published Online:11 May 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2125

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