Agent-enhanced collaborative activity in organized settings

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-154

  Partsakoulakis, Ioannis ^a   Vouros, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Collaboration; Group belief; Non summative account; Organization; Organizational practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644449516     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843006001293     Document Type: Article

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