It's a network, not an encyclopedia: A social network perspective on Wikipedia collaboration

Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kane, Gerald C ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Social networks; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ARTICLE QUALITIES; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATION PROCESS; COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; TRANSFER INFORMATION; WIKIPEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85085783108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2009.44243222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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