The Use and Sharing of Information from Wikipedia by High‐Tech Professionals for Work Purposes

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The Use and Sharing of Information from Wikipedia by High‐Tech Professionals for Work Purposes
Authors
Hsin-liang Chen
Publication date
2009
DOI
10.1108/02640470911004011
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The Use and Sharing of Information from Wikipedia by High‐Tech Professionals for Work Purposes - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2009, written by Hsin-liang Chen.

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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to focus on discovering whether high‐tech professionals as a user community search for information from Wikipedia to fulfill their job duties and, if they do, how they share information with co‐workers and clients.Design/methodology/approach – An online questionnaire was used, administered by a commercial provider. The questionnaire consisted of 15 Likert‐scaled questions to assess participants' agreement with each question along with an optional open‐ended explanation. A total of 68 participants successfully answered the questionnaire. Participants' Likert rating scores were analyzed by two‐way ANOVA, one‐way ANOVA and correlational analyses using SPSS.Findings – The analyses examined relationships among participants' characteristics, their use of information resources for research and teaching, information‐sharing behaviors, and use/non‐use of Wikipedia. Findings indicated that the participants treated Wikipedia as a ready reference for general information. Their conce...

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Chen, Hsin-liang. (2009). "[[The Use and Sharing of Information from Wikipedia by High‐Tech Professionals for Work Purposes]]". Emerald. DOI: 10.1108/02640470911004011.

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Chen, Hsin-liang. (2009). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/The_Use_and_Sharing_of_Information_from_Wikipedia_by_High‐Tech_Professionals_for_Work_Purposes">The Use and Sharing of Information from Wikipedia by High‐Tech Professionals for Work Purposes</a>&quot;. Emerald. DOI: 10.1108/02640470911004011.