Knowledge exchange in a virtual team - Exploring the relationship between virtual communication and social capital generation

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-317

  Assudani, Rashmi H ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge exchange; Social capital; Virtual communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; SOCIAL CAPITAL GENERATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 38849165831     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2007.015167     Document Type: Article

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