Communities of Public Service Support. Citizens engage in social learning in peer-to-peer networks

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Meijer, Albert ^a   Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan ^a   Brandsma, Gijs Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Expats; Public service support; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055180540     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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