Effects of socio-technical factors on organizational intention to encourage knowledge sharing

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-88

  Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a   Lee, Gwo Guang ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizational behaviour; Organizational innovation; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744444731     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610641472     Document Type: Article

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