Why it works (when it works): Success factors in online creative collaboration

Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-10

  Luther, Kurt ^a   Caine, Kelly ^b   Ziegler, Kevin ^a   Bruckman, Amy ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

leadership; online community; online creative collaboration; open source; peer production; social computing; success

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE CREATIVE COLLABORATION; OPEN SOURCES; PEER PRODUCTION; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SUCCESS;

ANIMATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 78751693978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1880071.1880073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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