Using online collaborative tools for groups to co-construct knowledge

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-597

  Kai Wai Chu, Samuel ^a   Kennedy, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Knowledge management; Online operation; Performance monitoring; Project teams; Reports; Software tools; Undergraduates; User involvement; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

HONG-KONG; ONLINE OPERATIONS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PROJECT TEAM; REPORTS; UNDERGRADUATES; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER SATISFACTION;

STUDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MALE; MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WRITING;

EID: 84992997081     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111161945     Document Type: Article

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