Authors:
Susanne Berger
and
Georg Peters
Affiliation:
Munich University of Applied Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Germany
Keyword(s):
Social network analysis, Business communities, Business and IT professionals.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
B2B, B2C and C2C
;
B2C/B2B Considerations
;
Business and Social Applications
;
Case Studies
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Internet and Collaborative Computing
;
Intranet and Extranet Business Applications
;
Market-Spaces: Market Portals, Hubs, Auctions
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
There is ongoing discussion whether and to which extent and aspects professionals in the field of information technology (IT) and business administration (BA) are different. Often IT people are considered to be introverted while it is assumed that BA professionals are stronger with respect to communication and networking. In our paper we take a social network analysis perspective to examine if this prejudice is true for BA and IT professionals who are members of an online business community.