The "soft" dimension of organizational knowledge transfer

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-74

  Guzman, Gustavo A C ^a   Wilson, John ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144426444     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510590227     Document Type: Review

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