Cultural influences on knowledge sharing through online communities of practice

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-107

  Ardichvili, Alexandre ^a,d   Maurer, Martin ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Wentling, Tim ^b   Stuedemann, Reed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644503502     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610650139     Document Type: Article

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