Leadership in a virtual community

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Scales, Ellen B ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global programmes; Leadership and team building; Online communities; Online faculty; Online higher education

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES; HIGHER EDUCATION; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE FACULTY; TEAM BUILDING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 78651564018     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2010.032235     Document Type: Article

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