Collective action in electronic networks of practice: An empirical study of three online social structures

Proceedings of the 2nd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 359-375

  Landqvist, Fredric ^a   Teigland, Robin ^b  

^a VIKTORIA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE FACTORS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; ELECTRONIC NETWORK OF PRACTICES; ELECTRONIC NETWORKS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; RELATIONAL STRUCTURES; TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS;

EID: 33749678240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3591-8_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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