Organizational restructuring and the impact of knowledge transfer

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-149

  Lin, Zhiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Knowledge transfer; Organizational design; Organizational learning; Organizational restructuring; Task environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363953     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2000.9990232     Document Type: Article

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