Weblogs and internal communication in a corporate environment: a case from the ICT industry

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 437-449

  Kosonen, Miia ^a   Henttonen, Kaisa ^a   Ellonen, Hanna Kaisa ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

blog; corporate communication; corporate culture; executive blog; expert blog; internal communication; issues blog; knowledge blog; knowledge sharing; weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649102101     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkl.2007.016704     Document Type: Article

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