A constructivist view of knowledge management in open source virtual communities

Managing Learning in Virtual Settings: The Role of Context

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 290-308

  Sowe, Sulayman K ^a   Karoulis, Athanasis ^a   Stamelos, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 84900668254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-488-0.ch016     Document Type: Chapter

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