Impact of knowledge network structure on group performance of knowledge workers in a product software company

Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 289-296

  Helms, Remko ^a   van Reijsen, Jurriaan ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Andarr Organizational Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Group performance; Knowledge network; Learning network; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; GROUP PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; LEARNING NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE TESTING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957307692     PISSN: 20488963     EISSN: 20488971     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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