Network awareness: Social network search, innovation and productivity in organisations

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-430

  Steiny, Donald ^a,b,c,d,e   Oinas Kukkonen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Institute for Social Network Analysis of the Economy   (United States)

^c Institute for Social Network Analysis of the Economy

^d Silicon Valley Network Analysis Project   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Innovation; Network awareness; Productivity; Search; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SEARCH ENGINES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN INTERACTION; NETWORK AWARENESS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 38949214695     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2007.015723     Document Type: Article

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