Bridging Epistemologies: The Generative Dance between Organizational Knowledge and Organizational Knowing

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-400

  Cook, Scott D N ^a,b   Brown, John Seely ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Knowing; Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033422311     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.4.381     Document Type: Article

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