{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4409348257","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dlp-08-2024-0128","title":"Users perception of social Q&A sites: an empirical study of information seeking and sharing behaviour in SCIS environments","display_name":"Users perception of social Q&A sites: an empirical study of information seeking and sharing behaviour in SCIS environments","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-04-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4409348257","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dlp-08-2024-0128"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/dlp-08-2024-0128","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dlp-08-2024-0128","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210218941","display_name":"Digital Library Perspectives","issn_l":"2059-5816","issn":["2059-5816","2059-5824"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Digital Library Perspectives","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060841576","display_name":"Arshia Ayoub","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0118-5740"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I135388327","display_name":"University of Kashmir","ror":"https://ror.org/032xfst36","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I135388327"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Arshia Ayoub","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Kashmir Department of Library and Information Science, , Srinagar,"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kashmir Department of Library and Information Science, , Srinagar,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I135388327"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029392229","display_name":"Zahid Ashraf Wani","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4589-3888"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I135388327","display_name":"University of Kashmir","ror":"https://ror.org/032xfst36","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I135388327"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zahid Ashraf Wani","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Kashmir Department of Library and Information Science, , Srinagar,"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kashmir Department of Library and Information Science, , Srinagar,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I135388327"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5060841576"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I135388327"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.09530239,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"41","issue":"3","first_page":"465","last_page":"496"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13274","display_name":"Expert finding and Q&A systems","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10609","display_name":"Digital Marketing and Social Media","score":0.9968000054359436,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.6852719187736511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.5611457824707031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-seeking","display_name":"Information seeking","score":0.49354565143585205},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-sharing","display_name":"Information sharing","score":0.4673711657524109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.4083806872367859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.37069404125213623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.33243972063064575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.32414138317108154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.30399003624916077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.12585347890853882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.07798528671264648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.06480458378791809}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.6852719187736511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.5611457824707031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776636917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3772297","display_name":"Information seeking","level":2,"score":0.49354565143585205},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776854237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6031064","display_name":"Information sharing","level":2,"score":0.4673711657524109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4083806872367859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.37069404125213623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.33243972063064575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.32414138317108154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.30399003624916077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.12585347890853882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.07798528671264648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.06480458378791809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/dlp-08-2024-0128","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dlp-08-2024-0128","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210218941","display_name":"Digital Library Perspectives","issn_l":"2059-5816","issn":["2059-5816","2059-5824"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Digital Library Perspectives","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":117,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W991958646","https://openalex.org/W1569950616","https://openalex.org/W1911206220","https://openalex.org/W1961365048","https://openalex.org/W1974816057","https://openalex.org/W1985459297","https://openalex.org/W1987068266","https://openalex.org/W1993254474","https://openalex.org/W1997050847","https://openalex.org/W1999007906","https://openalex.org/W2003496454","https://openalex.org/W2006150671","https://openalex.org/W2011737919","https://openalex.org/W2012189639","https://openalex.org/W2019604159","https://openalex.org/W2021451445","https://openalex.org/W2023142966","https://openalex.org/W2025454319","https://openalex.org/W2031540849","https://openalex.org/W2036127744","https://openalex.org/W2046435192","https://openalex.org/W2049988227","https://openalex.org/W2053485498","https://openalex.org/W2054270407","https://openalex.org/W2054965013","https://openalex.org/W2063336387","https://openalex.org/W2072184292","https://openalex.org/W2081642942","https://openalex.org/W2099521584","https://openalex.org/W2106667958","https://openalex.org/W2108707848","https://openalex.org/W2110506823","https://openalex.org/W2121583115","https://openalex.org/W2125625698","https://openalex.org/W2126776599","https://openalex.org/W2128177952","https://openalex.org/W2129077831","https://openalex.org/W2129143360","https://openalex.org/W2129658695","https://openalex.org/W2134049161","https://openalex.org/W2135555017","https://openalex.org/W2141226750","https://openalex.org/W2146855526","https://openalex.org/W2146993258","https://openalex.org/W2151405035","https://openalex.org/W2164955991","https://openalex.org/W2168116815","https://openalex.org/W2214181946","https://openalex.org/W2215511344","https://openalex.org/W2267652705","https://openalex.org/W2324446248","https://openalex.org/W2345452890","https://openalex.org/W2474443210","https://openalex.org/W2615287004","https://openalex.org/W2731900951","https://openalex.org/W2754526646","https://openalex.org/W2763011380","https://openalex.org/W2778967914","https://openalex.org/W2791738229","https://openalex.org/W2803051899","https://openalex.org/W2889020807","https://openalex.org/W2890390323","https://openalex.org/W2893298507","https://openalex.org/W2894396676","https://openalex.org/W2903626543","https://openalex.org/W2923050482","https://openalex.org/W2926348635","https://openalex.org/W2931453749","https://openalex.org/W2948622530","https://openalex.org/W2952390858","https://openalex.org/W2967582881","https://openalex.org/W3029601627","https://openalex.org/W3036464182","https://openalex.org/W3040739755","https://openalex.org/W3049008286","https://openalex.org/W3080158278","https://openalex.org/W3122322539","https://openalex.org/W3125168810","https://openalex.org/W3181892100","https://openalex.org/W3214905491","https://openalex.org/W4210443835","https://openalex.org/W4241703980","https://openalex.org/W4251134514","https://openalex.org/W4255952035","https://openalex.org/W4282035730","https://openalex.org/W4283377075","https://openalex.org/W4293449570","https://openalex.org/W4297229601","https://openalex.org/W4310244380","https://openalex.org/W4312478474","https://openalex.org/W4321767953","https://openalex.org/W4366989847","https://openalex.org/W4377037271","https://openalex.org/W4379348864","https://openalex.org/W4379389955","https://openalex.org/W4381142338","https://openalex.org/W4382202488","https://openalex.org/W4382981446","https://openalex.org/W4385427537","https://openalex.org/W4387860455","https://openalex.org/W4389341709","https://openalex.org/W4390453419","https://openalex.org/W4391693235","https://openalex.org/W4396219141","https://openalex.org/W4399489464","https://openalex.org/W4399568700","https://openalex.org/W6674791192","https://openalex.org/W6676103300","https://openalex.org/W6686197031","https://openalex.org/W6698833679","https://openalex.org/W6732616813","https://openalex.org/W6741751662","https://openalex.org/W6755434921","https://openalex.org/W6757968831","https://openalex.org/W6783572074","https://openalex.org/W6903020303","https://openalex.org/W7033605064"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2628861693","https://openalex.org/W3203087560","https://openalex.org/W4361279463","https://openalex.org/W4232814730","https://openalex.org/W2975814312","https://openalex.org/W4387697615","https://openalex.org/W2568121504","https://openalex.org/W2483836897","https://openalex.org/W2049668268","https://openalex.org/W23295035"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"With":[1],"the":[2,33,36,42,68,80,84,91,104,129,146,193,204,214,241,264,278,308],"arithmetical":[3],"growth":[4],"and":[5,52,72,106,110,134,153,165,173,203,231,251,274,284,310],"success":[6],"of":[7,35,70,86,108,131,150,196,217,229,238,267,281,313],"social":[8,73,138,243,285],"Q&A":[9,286],"(SQA)":[10],"sites,":[11,29,90],"these":[12,100,218,290,314],"have":[13,54],"become":[14],"important":[15],"platforms":[16],"for":[17,144,170,188,224,277,307],"people":[18],"to":[19,24,31,41,58,95,122,163,206,263,303],"seek":[20],"information":[21,125,295],"that":[22,63,179,236,289],"applies":[23],"their":[25,209],"daily":[26],"lives.":[27],"SQA":[28,89,180,198],"referred":[30],"as":[32,185,213,293],"wisdom":[34],"crowd,":[37],"are":[38,226],"significant":[39,294],"contenders":[40],"reference":[43],"services":[44],"offered":[45,271],"by":[46,102,259],"libraries.":[47],"Thus,":[48],"researchers":[49],"from":[50],"industry":[51],"academia":[53],"also":[55,234,299],"been":[56],"attracted":[57],"explore":[59],"this":[60,115],"emerging":[61,282],"platform":[62,187],"can":[64,291],"help":[65,130],"users":[66,87,127,181,199],"harness":[67],"benefits":[69],"collaborative":[71],"ties":[74],"at":[75],"a":[76,186,227],"time.":[77],"To":[78,113],"advance":[79],"present":[81],"knowledge":[82],"about":[83,88,126],"perceptions":[85],"current":[92],"study":[93,255,298],"attempted":[94],"provide":[96],"exhaustive":[97],"insight":[98],"into":[99],"sites":[101,287],"evaluating":[103],"motivations":[105],"expectations":[107],"seekers":[109],"respondents.":[111],"Design/methodology/approach":[112],"achieve":[114],"goal,":[116],"an":[117],"online":[118],"survey":[119],"was":[120,142,161,168],"designed":[121],"get":[123],"first-hand":[124],"with":[128],"Google":[132],"Forms":[133],"posted":[135],"on":[136],"different":[137],"platforms.":[139,315],"Convenience":[140],"sampling":[141],"used":[143,169],"recruiting":[145],"participants.":[147],"A":[148],"total":[149],"702":[151],"completed":[152],"usable":[154],"questionnaires":[155],"were":[156],"obtained.":[157],"The":[158,254,297],"data":[159],"collected":[160],"imported":[162],"Excel,":[164],"then":[166],"SPSS":[167],"conducting":[171],"quantitative":[172],"inferential":[174],"analysis.":[175],"Findings":[176,233],"Results":[177],"show":[178],"primarily":[182],"consider":[183],"it":[184],"providing":[189],"learning":[190],"opportunities":[191],"through":[192,246],"real-life":[194],"experiences":[195],"others.":[197],"reflected":[200],"personalised":[201],"answers":[202],"opportunity":[205],"ask":[207],"in":[208],"own":[210],"natural":[211],"language":[212],"biggest":[215],"asset":[216],"spaces.":[219],"Respondents\u2019":[220],"main":[221,242],"driving":[222],"factors":[223],"contribution":[225],"sense":[228],"accomplishment":[230],"altruism.":[232],"revealed":[235],"enhancement":[237],"self-esteem":[239],"is":[240],"capital":[244],"achieved":[245],"answering,":[247],"besides":[248],"acquiring":[249],"validation":[250],"admiration.":[252],"Originality/value":[253],"proposed":[256],"theoretical":[257],"implications":[258,302],"adding":[260],"valuable":[261],"literature":[262],"existing":[265],"body":[266],"knowledge.":[268],"It":[269],"has":[270],"several":[272],"recommendations":[273],"practical":[275],"solutions":[276],"successful":[279,309],"adoption":[280],"technology":[283],"so":[288],"emerge":[292],"resources.":[296],"offers":[300],"managerial":[301],"develop":[304],"productive":[305],"policies":[306],"sustainable":[311],"working":[312]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}