Knowledge transfer in information systems support community: Network effects of bridging and reaching

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3113-3126

  Chi, Lei ^a   Deng, Xuefei Nancy ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

IS support community; Network bridging; Network reaching; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CLOSENESS CENTRALITIES; IS SUPPORT COMMUNITY; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; POST-IMPLEMENTATION; SUPPLY CHAIN FUNCTIONS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUPPLY CHAINS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884650357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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