An investigation of barriers to knowledge transfer

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-90

  Sun, Peter Yih Tong ^a   Scott, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Individual behaviour; Knowledge management; Organizational development; Team learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144388352     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510590236     Document Type: Article

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