CREATIVE TIES AND TIES THAT BIND: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF WEAK TIES ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 313-324

  Teigland, Robin ^a   Wasko, Molly Mclure ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic community; internet; Knowledge management; performance

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

CO-LOCATED; CREATIVES; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; PERFORMANCE; WEAK TIES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85138748726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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