Management perception of introducing social networking sites as a knowledge management tool in higher education: A case study

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-273

  Garcia, Elaine ^a   Annansingh, Fenio ^a   Elbeltagi, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Knowledge management; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875575886     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504971111185090     Document Type: Article

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