Codification and tacitness as knowledge management strategies: An empirical exploration

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-165

  Schulz, Martin ^a   Jobe, Lloyd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Codification strategy; Explicit knowledge; Knowledge management; Organizational knowledge; Tacit knowledge; Tacitness strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038260940     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8310(00)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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