Weblog-technology as a trigger to elicit passion for knowledge

Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-412

  Kaiser, Stephan ^a   Müller Seitz, Gordon ^a   Lopes, Miguel Pereira ^b   Pina E Cunha, Miguel ^c,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flow; Information technology; Knowledge management; Passion; Practice; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247335776     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508407076151     Document Type: Article

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