Mundane knowledge management and microlevel organizational learning: An ethological approach

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1038-1046

  Davenport, Elisabeth ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MICROLEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036788356     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10110     Document Type: Article

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