Knowledge-sharing Dilemmas

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 687-710

  Cabrera, Ángel ^a   Cabrera, Elizabeth F ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co operation; Knowledge management; Organizational knowledge; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141755178     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602235001     Document Type: Review

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