Knowledge sharing in open source software project teams: A transactive memory system perspective

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-563

  Chen, Xiaogang ^a   Li, Xue ^b   Clark, Jan Guynes ^c   Dietrich, Glenn B ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication quality; Knowledge sharing; Technical achievement; Transactive memory system

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPEN DATA; OPEN SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE MECHANISMS; COGNITIVE TASK; COMMUNICATION QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY SYSTEMS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84874005186     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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