Fostering knowledge sharing through people management practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 720-735

  Cabrera, Elizabeth F ^a   Cabrera, Angel ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; People management practices; Social capital theory; Social dilemma theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744432507     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500083020     Document Type: Article

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