The dynamics of sensemaking, knowledge, and expertise in collaborative, boundary-spanning design

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Gasson, Susan ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BOUNDARY SPANNING; BUSINESS-IT; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; JOINT DESIGNS; PROJECT GROUPS; SENSE MAKING; SOFTWARE-SYSTEMS; SPANNING DESIGNS;

DESIGN;

EID: 24144457549     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2005.tb00277.x     Document Type: Review

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