Knowledge management goals revisited:A crosssectional analysis of social software adoption in corporate environments

VINE

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-148

  Richter, Alexander ^a   Stocker, Alexander ^b   Müller, Sebastian ^a   Avram, Gabriela ^c  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VIRTUAL VEHICLE RESEARCH CENTER   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Austria; Collaboration; Computer software; Corporate social software; Enterprise 2.0; Germany; Knowledge management; Social business; Social software; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; COLLABORATION; ENTERPRISE 2.0; GERMANY; SOCIAL BUSINESS; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; SWITZERLAND;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GROUPWARE; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878220802     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03055721311329927     Document Type: Article

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