Information dynamics and discourse in a distributed professional community

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 3055-3064

  Cox, Andrew ^a   Morris, Anne ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FUZZY BOUNDARIES; INFORMAL GROUPS; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 12344326611     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hicss.2004.1265463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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