Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Open Collaboration: Lessons From the Literature

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 535-547

  Forte, Andrea ^a   Lampe, Cliff ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

open collaboration; open source software; peer production; wiki; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876170604     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212469362     Document Type: Article

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