Factors governing the consumption of explicit knowledge

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-43

  Desouza, Kevin C ^a   Awazu, Yukika ^b   Wan, Yun ^c  

^a Institute for Engaged Business Research   (United States)

^b Engaged Enterprise   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RISK EVALUATION;

DECISION MAKING; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645309373     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20250     Document Type: Article

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