Coordinating constant invention: Social media's role in distributed work

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-87

  Pigg, Stacey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

digital technologies; distributed work; knowledge management; social media; workplace studies

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; CULTURAL SHIFT; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED WORK; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SOCIAL COORDINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; WORKPLACE STUDIES;

COMMUNICATION; TECHNICAL WRITING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896693877     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2013.796545     Document Type: Article

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