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Midweight collaborative remembering: wikis in the workplace

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CHIMIT '07: Proceedings of the 2007 symposium on Computer human interaction for the management of information technology

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This paper presents preliminary findings from a series of semi-structured telephone interviews regarding the use of wikis in the workplace. At both technical and non-technical organizations issues included article creation, management support, critical mass, and trust.

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CHIMIT '07: Proceedings of the 2007 symposium on Computer human interaction for the management of information technology

March 2007

124 pages

ISBN:9781595936356

DOI:10.1145/1234772

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IBM Almaden Research Center
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NASA AMES Research Center

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