Bowling Online: Social Networking and Social Capital within the Organization

C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 245-254

  Steinfield, Charles ^a   Dimicco, Joan M ^b   Ellison, Nicole B ^a   Lampe, Cliff ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

expertise sharing; knowledge management; Online social network sites; organizations; social capital

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

AFFORDANCES; EXPERTISE SHARING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; LARGER NETWORKS; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK SITE; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING; ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85086336294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1556460.1556496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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