Personal knowledge management: The role of Web 2.0 tools for managing knowledge at individual and organisational levels

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1039

  Razmerita, Liana ^a   Sudzina, Frantisek ^a   Kirchner, Kathrin ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internet; Knowledge management; Social networks; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INFORMAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; NEW APPROACHES; NEW MODEL; ORGANISATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; WEB 2.0;

INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 73149095138     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520911010981     Document Type: Article

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