Work teams to favor knowledge management: Towards communities of practice

European Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-76

  Zárraga Oberty, Celia ^a   De Saá Pérez, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144484628     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340610639851     Document Type: Article

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