Tacit knowledge acquisition and sharing in a project work context

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-290

  Koskinen, Kaj U ^a   Pihlanto, Pekka ^b   Vanharanta, Hannu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Holistic Concept of Man; Interaction; Language; Proximity; Tacit knowledge; Trust

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038219593     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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