Weblogs for organizational knowledge sharing and creation: A comparative case study

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-130

  Kaiser, Stephan ^a,b   Kansy, Simone ^b   Mueller Seitz, Gordon ^c   Ringlstetter, Max ^b  

^a WHL Graduate School of Business and Economics   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blogs; Contingency factors; Information and communication technology; Knowledge; Motivation; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650222167     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.35     Document Type: Article

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