Towards understanding the roles of social capital in knowledge integration: A case study of a collaborative information systems project

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-274

  Bhandar, Mamata ^a   Pan, Shan Ling ^a   Tan, Bernard C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS) PROJECTS; INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33846402399     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20493     Document Type: Article

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