Knowledge sharing in online environments: A qualitative case study

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2310-2324

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Hara, Noriko ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; WEB DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 38049101295     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20698     Document Type: Article

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