A knowledge capture awareness tool: An empirical study on small and medium enterprises in the construction industry

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 533-567

  Hari, Subashini ^a   Egbu, Charles ^a   Kumar, Bimal ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Knowledge capture; Knowledge management; Learning styles; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL;

KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING STYLES; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 28344441963     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980510634128     Document Type: Article

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