Understanding communities of practice to support collaborative research

Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 558-564

  Córdoba, José ^a   Robson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449097439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-556-6.ch093     Document Type: Chapter

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