Social capital, knowledge management, and sustained superior performance

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Hoffman, James J ^a   Hoelscher, Mark L ^b   Sherif, Karma ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizational performance; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344362629     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510602791     Document Type: Article

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