Work in the virtual enterprise - Creating identities, building trust, and sharing knowledge

AI and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-199

  Rasmussen, Lauge Baungaard ^a   Wangel, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Identity; Knowledgesharing; Scopeof control; Trust; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ORGANISATION; IDENTITY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; TACIT AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; TRUST; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 33750732964     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-005-0029-y     Document Type: Article

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