Bowling online: social networking and social capital within the organization

By Charles W. Steinfield, Joan Morris DiMicco, Nicole B. Ellison, Cliff Lampe. International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 2009

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Social network activity and social well-being (2010, background): “With few exceptions [14], these kinds of studies have focused on college students, and so we also test whether previous findings generalize to older users and those outside the U.”
The Use of Enterprise Social Network Sites for Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Organizations (2015, background): “…enable individuals to engage in “sense mak-ing” about other employees (DiMicco, Geyer, Millen, Dugan, & Brownholtz, 2009), provide access to new people and expertise (Steinfield, DiMicco, Ellison, & Lampe, 2009), and increase awareness and contact among virtual employees (DiMicco & Millen, 2007).”
Enterprise Social Media: Definition, History, and Prospects for the Study of Social Technologies in Organizations (2013, methodology): “One study of an organizational social network site found that ESM use was associated with employees’ perceptions of being connected across cultures in a large global organization (Steinfield et al., 2009).”