Transactive memory directories in small work units

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Peltokorpi, Vesa ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communication; Directories; Intangible assets; Knowledge management; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042733287     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410539515     Document Type: Article

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