Culture-free or culture-bound? A boundary spanning perspective on learning in knowledge management systems

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 20-36

  Mason, Robert M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Culture; Knowledge management systems; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BOUNDARY SPANNING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041878396     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2003100102     Document Type: Article

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