Enhancing e-collaboration effectiveness through the use of wikis:A theoretical examination in the context of requirements elicitation

International Journal of e-Collaboration

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 58-78

  Simha, Anand ^a   Kishore, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication quality; Contextual richness; E collaboration; Media richness; Organizational

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349272849     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2009070104     Document Type: Article

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