A novel collaboration model for mobile virtual communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-447

  Kawash, Jalal ^a,b   El Morr, Christo ^c   Itani, Mazen ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d InterGulf Cidex   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awareness; Collaboration; Mobile virtual communities; Mobility; Sociability; Social systems; Usability

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; SOCIABILITY; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; THIRD GENERATION (3G) SERVICES;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 51149091480     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2007.015868     Document Type: Article

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