Organizational measures as a form of knowledge management: A multitheoretic, communication-based exploration

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1060-1073

  Lehr, Jennifer K ^a   Rice, Ronald E ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036788221     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10108     Document Type: Article

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