An exploratory study of groupware use in the knowledge management process

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-46

  Bhatt, Ganesh ^a   Gupta, Jatinder N D ^b   Kitchens, Fred ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844433266     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390510571475     Document Type: Article

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