Online knowledge communities: future trends and research issues

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-123

  de Vries, Sjoerd ^a   Kommers, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

electronic networked information; knowledge communities; professional development; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651537329     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijwbc.2004.004804     Document Type: Article

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