Introduction to the Special Issue: Online Communities
这篇导言介绍了2005年《组织研究》特刊，该特刊通过实证研究和理论，重新审视组织边界、社区和成员动机等基本问题，适合关注在线社区与组织理论的学者。
The Internet has impelled scholars to expand their views of organization. In 2005, Organization Studies called for papers about online communities that would stretch the field of organization studies. The articles in this special issue use empirical research and theory to re-examine fundamental questions of organizational boundaries, community, and member motivation.