Weblogging: A study of social computing and its impact on organizations

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-250

  Kwai Fun IP, Rachael ^a   Wagner, Christian ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Need technology fit; Social computing; Task technology fit; Virtual community; Weblog (blog)

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION; WEB SERVICES;

NEED TECHNOLOGY FIT MODELS; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL COMPUTING; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT MODELS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WEBLOGGING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 43249128865     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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