The role of social media in supporting knowledge integration: A social capital analysis

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 351-362

  Cao, Xiongfei ^a   Guo, Xitong ^b   Liu, Hefu ^a   Gu, Jibao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Internet of things (IoT); Knowledge integration; Social capital; Social Internet of things (SIoT); Social media

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERNET OF THINGS (SIOT); SOCIAL MEDIA;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 84925468157     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: 15729419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-013-9473-2     Document Type: Article

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