Groupware support as a moderator of interdepartmental knowledge communication in process improvement groups: An action research study

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-198

  Kock, Ned ^a,c   McQueen, Robert J ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c Fed Ctr of Technol Education   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action research; Email conferencing; Groupware; Organizational learning; Process improvement groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032271451     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.1998.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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