Organizational benefits of communities of practice: A two-stage information processing model

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-552

  Zboralski, Katja ^a   Salomo, Soeren ^b   Gemuenden, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (COP); INFORMATION PROCESSING MODELS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33747187825     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720600734461     Document Type: Article

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