Mapping knowledge flows in virtual teams with SNA

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 99-114

  Behrend, Frank D ^a   Erwee, Ronel ^b  

^a Duesseldorf   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Project teams; Social networks; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349671326     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910971860     Document Type: Article

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