E-collaboration: A look at past research and future challenges

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Kock, Ned ^a   Davison, Robert ^b   Wazlawick, Raul ^c   Ocker, Rosalie ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration technologies; Computer mediated communication; E collaboration; E communication; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012349     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287260180001059     Document Type: Review

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