Toward an analytic framework for understanding and fostering peer-support communities in using and evolving software products

C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-9

  Gorman, Andrew ^a   Fischer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

cultures of participation; peer support communities (PSCs); reward systems; SAP Community Network (SCN)

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CULTURE OF PARTICIPATION; HUMAN MIND; PEER SUPPORT; PEER-SUPPORT COMMUNITY; REWARD SYSTEMS; SAP COMMUNITY NETWORK; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 79958101000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1556460.1556462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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