Similarity and familiarity in distributed teams: A perspective of identification on knowledge sharing

18th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sha, Xiqing ^a   Chang, Klarissa Ting Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Distributed teams; Familiarity; Group identification; Knowledge sharing; Similarity; Social network; Technology support

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; FAMILIARITY; GROUP IDENTIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SIMILARITY; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; TECHNOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870641302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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