Interruptive events and team knowledge acquisition

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 514-528

  Zellmer Bruhn, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interruptions; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge management; Routines; Team

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ROUTINES;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0041702219     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.4.514.14423     Document Type: Article

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