A methodology to evaluate the usability of digital socialization in ''virtual'' engineering design

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-45

  El Tayeh, Amjad ^a   Gil, Nuno ^b   Freeman, Jim ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation methodology; Socialization; Tacit knowledge; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TEXT PROCESSING;

DESIGN PROCESS PROTOCOLS; DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 38949088603     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-007-0037-7     Document Type: Article

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