Enterprise Social Networking: Opportunities, Adoption, and Risk Mitigation

@article{Turban2011EnterpriseSN,
  title={Enterprise Social Networking: Opportunities, Adoption, and Risk Mitigation},
  author={Efraim Turban and Narasimha Bolloju and Ting-Peng Liang},
  journal={Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce},
  year={2011},
  volume={21},
  pages={202 - 220}
}
Social networks on the Internet are becoming extremely popular and have begun to change the way we live and work. Many enterprises are assessing the potential of exploiting the commercial opportunities of this technology. Although social networking commercial activities may be the next big productivity booster for firms, some consider such activities to be time wasters and security traps. Therefore, it is useful to develop a framework to consolidate the issues in adopting this technology. This… 
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