Effective virtual working through communities of practice

Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 156-160

  Kimble, Chris ^a   Li, Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858650817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-563-4.ch030     Document Type: Chapter

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