A case study of a knowledge worker team in a virtual community

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-141

  Huang, Eugenia Y ^a   Huang, Chien Hsin ^b   Lin, Shu Chiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VLife Technology Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Federal virtual community; Knowledge worker; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 15944390974     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2005.006294     Document Type: Article

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