From shared databases to communities of practice: A taxonomy of collaboratories

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 652-672

  Bos, Nathan ^a,d   Zimmerman, Ann ^b,d   Olson, Judith ^b,e   Yew, Jude ^b,f   Yerkie, Jason ^c,d   Dahl, Erik ^d,g   Olson, Gary ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Corporate Executive Board ^*  (United States)

^d MAYA Design Inc ^*  (United States)

^e 550 E University   (United States)

^f School of Information North   (United States)

^g Building 2   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATORIES; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; DATA SYSTEMS; IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; RESEARCH CENTER; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICES; VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 33847317058     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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