The impact of peer mentoring on organizational knowledge creation and sharing: An empirical study in a software firm

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-338

  Bryant, Scott E ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High tech firms; Knowledge creation and sharing; Peer mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744455632     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601103258439     Document Type: Review

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