Virtual communities of practice: The communication of knowledge across cultural boundaries

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-433

  Hanisch, Jo ^a   Churchman, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural boundaries; Knowledge communication; VCoP; Virtual Communities of Practice

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; CULTURAL BOUNDARIES; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNATIONALISATION; KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION; VCOP; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77954221544     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2008.019548     Document Type: Article

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