The “megapozitiv” role of enterprise social media in enabling cross-boundary communication in a distributed Russian organization

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-102

  Gibbs, Jennifer L ^a   Eisenberg, Julia ^b   Rozaidi, Nik Ahmad ^a   Gryaznova, Anna ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cross boundary communication; Distributed collaboration; Enterprise social media; Knowledge sharing; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918552719     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214540511     Document Type: Article

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