An Automated Tool for Managing Interactions in Virtual Communities - Using Social Network Analysis Approach

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-26

  Wang, Jyun Cheng ^a   Chen, Chi Lu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Social network analysis; Virtual communities; Virtual community interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642587660     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce1401_1     Document Type: Article

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