The impact of trust and reputation on the transfer of best practices

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 87-101

  Lucas, Leyland M ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Knowledge transfer; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644594826     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510610350     Document Type: Article

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