Exploring the experiences concerning leadership communication in online gaming groups

MindTrek 2009 - 13th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 90-93

  Siitonen, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Leadership communication; Online communities; Online multiplayer games

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLAYER COMPUTER GAMES; MULTIPLAYER GAMES; MULTIPLAYERS; ON-LINE GAMING; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAMES; ONLINE STRATEGY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 76749093223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1621841.1621858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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