The impact of structuring characteristics on the launching of virtual communities of practice

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-166

  Dubé, Line ^a   Bourhis, Anne ^a   Jacob, Réal ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action research; Communities; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744367425     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510589570     Document Type: Article

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