Organizational Readiness for Successful Knowledge Sharing: Challenges for Public Sector Managers

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 22-37

  Taylor, W A ^a,c   Wright, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Culture; Information quality; Knowledge sharing; Learning; Performance orientation; Public services

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MANAGERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHANGE; CULTURE; INFORMATION QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ORIENTATION; PUBLIC SERVICES;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642263349     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2004040102     Document Type: Review

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