Activating knowledge through electronic collaboration: Vanquishing the knowledge paradox

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-54

  Qureshi, Sajda ^a   Keen, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study research; Distributed knowledge; Electronic collaboration; Knowledge activation; Knowledge identity; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

CASE STUDY RESEARCH; DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE; ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION; KNOWLEDGE ACTIVATION; KNOWLEDGE IDENTITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE PARADOX;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 15044356542     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.843296     Document Type: Article

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