Knowledge development, social capital and alliance learning

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-72

  Ratten, Vanessa ^a   Suseno, Yuliani ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Learning; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144462362     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540610639594     Document Type: Article

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