Knowing in practice: Enacting a collective capability in distributed organizing

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-273

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Competence; Geographically Distributed Organizing; Knowing; Organizational Knowledge; Organizing Practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036014191     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.3.249.2776     Document Type: Article

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