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Autopoiesis in Virtual Organizations [PDF]

open access: yes
Virtual organizations continuously gain popularity because of the benefits created by them. Generally, they are defined as temporal adhocracies, project oriented, knowledge-based network organizations.
Malgorzata PAMKOWSKA
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Playing Ethnography: A study of emergent behaviour in online games and virtual worlds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This study concerns itself with the relationship between game design and emergent social behaviour in massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds.
Pearce, Celia
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Do the Virtual Communities Match the Real Ones? (Communitarian Perspective)

open access: yes, 2017
The paper traces the concept of 'responsive' (real) community as defined by communitarians. Responsive community is defined as a morally valued way of life characterized by a shared set of values.
Jarmila Jurova
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Shifting Child Protection Assessments From a Deficit Focus to Assessments Informed by Strengths and Protective Factors: Translating Research Knowledge to Practice

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection systems play a critical role in preventing and responding to child maltreatment, yet practices are often predominantly deficit focused. This paper presents a rapid literature review on the strengths, protective factors, and cultural considerations to inform child protection assessment.
Gabrielle R. Hunt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On The Role Of Normative Influences In Commercial Virtual Communities

open access: yes
The potential to reconcile economic benefits to the firm with the social needs of customers has made commercial virtual communities a popular tool for companies to support their core products/service with a value-added service option. An important key to
Ruyter,Ko,de   +2 more
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Identification of senescence‐related genes in Parkinson's disease reveals candidate therapeutic targets and pathological processes

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
At the genomic level, a large number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and aging‐related DEGs have been screened. Ten hub genes, such as IFNγ and IRF7, have been identified and shown potential value in the diagnosis of PD, holding promise as novel biomarkers to facilitate early and precise diagnosis.
Haojie Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participating in what? And for whose benefit?. Notes on collective participation and creation

open access: yesBiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, 2016
Roig Telo, Antoni
doaj   +1 more source

Talking together : consumer communities in healthcare

open access: yes, 2004
Consumer involvement in computer mediated communities (CMCs) is increasing particularly in high involvement services such as healthcare. This paper examines the role of CMCs as providers of patient information and support and the subsequent effect on the
Laing, Angus Wallace   +4 more
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