Characteristics of knowledge sharing communities in project organizations

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 374-379

  Ruuska, Inkeri ^a   Vartiainen, Matti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communities; Knowledge sharing; Projects

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNITY LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE SHARING COMMUNITIES; PROJECT ORGANISATIONS; PROJECT TEAMS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 21444437041     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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