Social capital development of ICT-driven communities in Malaysia

World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-27

  bin Ibrahim, Zulkefli ^a   Ainin, Sulaiman ^a   Faziharudean, Tengku M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community ICT; KedaiKom; Social capital development

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449091297     PISSN: 17412242     EISSN: 17412234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2009.022454     Document Type: Article

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