The use and sharing of information from Wikipedia by high-tech professionals for work purposes

The Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 893-905

  Chen, Hsin liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic media; Encyclopaedias; Generation and dissemination of information; Individual behaviour; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649105434     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470911004011     Document Type: Article

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