Supporting knowledge creation with e-mail

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-426

  Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^a   Lichtenstein, Sharman ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E mail; Explicit knowledge; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Knowledge spiral; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 33745007907     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2006.009565     Document Type: Article

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