Identifying factors that encourage and hinder knowledge sharing in a longstanding online community of practice

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-316

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Hara, Noriko ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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