Tacit knowledge in academia: A proposed model and measurement scale

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 495-512

  Leonard, Nancy ^a   Insch, Gary S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic tacit knowledge; Explicit knowledge; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144444658     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.139.6.495-512     Document Type: Article

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