Knowledge workers: Social, task and semantic network analysis

Corporate Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-277

  Scott, Patricia B ^a  

^a Ultimate Synergy   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Knowledge management; Semantics; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744484407     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280510614519     Document Type: Article

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