A systematic review of knowledge sharing challenges and practices in global software development

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 995-1019

  Zahedi, Mansooreh ^a   Shahin, Mojtaba ^b   Ali Babar, Muhammad ^b  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical software engineering; Global software development (GSD); Knowledge management (KM); Knowledge sharing; Systematic literature review (SLR)

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COLLABORATION MODELS; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (SLR);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84977627599     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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