Cross-cultural knowledge communication in online communities of practice

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-475

  Rogers, Clint P ^a   Gibbons, Andrew S ^c   Tinney, Mari Vawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Western Governors University   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoiding miscommunication; Bennett's model; Communities of practice; Cross cultural; Cultural competence; International knowledge management; Knowledge communication; Metaphors for online cross cultural communication; Oonline; Theories of transformation

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

AVOIDING MISCOMMUNICATION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; CROSS-CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION; OONLINE; THEORIES OF TRANSFORMATION;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78651553178     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2008.019550     Document Type: Article

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