Rallying competencies in virtual communities: A study of core processes and user interest in open source software projects

Information and Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-148

  Ghapanchi, Amir Hossein ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems   (Australia)

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EID: 84876702032     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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