Information sharing and knowledge creation in online forums: The case of the Greek online forum 'DIALOGOI'

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-406

  Chalkiti, Kalotina ^a   Sigala, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Idea generation; Information sharing; Knowledge creation; Social networks; Virtual forums

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOURISM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57349104073     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500802316006     Document Type: Article

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