Reputation, trust and the dynamics of leadership in communities of practice

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-400

  Muller, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Coordination; Leadership; Reputation; Social Simulation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845347531     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-006-9007-0     Document Type: Article

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