Barriers to the absorption of management knowledge in Belarus

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 566-577

  Kuznetsov, Andrei ^a   Yakavenka, Hanna ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belarus; Communication; Company performance; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744491003     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940510623380     Document Type: Article

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