The impact of e-mail on the evolution of a virtual community during a strike

Information and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 245-254

  Pliskin, Nava ^b   Romm, Celia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evolution of a virtual community; Group development model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001128990     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(97)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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