The role of Wiki technology and altruism in collaborative knowledge creation

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Prasarnphanich, Pattarawan ^a   Wagner, Christian ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Altruism; Collaborative knowledge creation; Open source; Wiki

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COLLABORATION MODELS; COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE CREATION; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCES; WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES; WIKI; WIKI TECHNOLOGIES;

MOTIVATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; WEBSITES;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 69549111597     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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