Emergent conversational technologies that are democratising information systems in organisations: The case of the corporate wiki

Information Systems Foundations: Theory, Representation and Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 197-210

  Hasan, Helen ^a   Pfaff, Charmaine C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CHAT ROOMS; CIVIL SOCIETY; CONVERSATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES; DISCUSSION FORUM; ORGANISATIONAL; WEBLOGS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 73149104132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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