Autonomy: Starting point and goal of personal and social change: A constructivist perspective on knowledge management in empowerment processes

Kybernetes

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 261-277

  Schaurhofer, Martin ^a   Peschl, Markus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Knowledge management; Social systems

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AUTONOMY; EMPOWERMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 18844448474     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920510575834     Document Type: Article

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