Informal ecollaboration channels: Shedding light on "shadow CIT

21st Bled eConference "eCollaboration: Overcoming Boundaries Through Multi-Channel Interaction" - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 371-394

  Shumarova, Elitsa ^a,b   Swatman, Paul A ^b  

^a Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CIT; CIT acquisition trends; CIT use; Collaboration information technology; Computer supported collaborative work; CSCW; Group support system; GSS; Technology acceptance; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS;

ACQUISITION TRENDS; CIT; CIT USE; CSCW; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GSS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

GROUPWARE;

EID: 84926022418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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