Who's really sharing? Effects of social and expert status on knowledge exchange within groups

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 464-477

  Thomas Hunt, Melissa C ^a   Ogden, Tonya Y ^b   Neale, Margaret A ^c  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge exchange; Perceived expertise; Social status

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; PERCEIVED EXPERTISE;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042202655     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.4.464.14425     Document Type: Article

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