Relationship quality, community promotion and brand loyalty in virtual communities: Evidence from free software communities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.01.004
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Virtual communities; Participation; Community promotion; Loyalty; Satisfaction; Identification; Free software;All these keywords.
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