IT to support knowledge sharing in communities, towards a social capital analysis

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-51

  Huysman, Marleen ^a   Wulf, Volker ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communities; Knowledge management; Requirement analysis; Social capital; Socio technical design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344463605     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000053     Document Type: Article

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