Investigating the exploitation of web 2.0 for knowledge management in the Greek tourism industry: An utilisation-importance analysis

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 800-812

  Sigala, Marianna ^a   Chalkiti, Kalotina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greece; Knowledge management; Social media; Tourism; Utilisation importance matrix; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

GREECE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE; TOURISM; TOURISM INDUSTRY; WEB 2.0;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84889097092     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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