The Emergence and Evolution of Social Networking Sites as an Organizational Form

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 305-332

  Weber, Matthew S ^a   Fulk, Janet ^b   Monge, Peter ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergence; evolution; legitimacy; organizational form; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977472669     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318916629547     Document Type: Article

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