The impact of organizational context and information technology on employee knowledge-sharing capabilities

Public Administration Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-385

  Kim, Soonhee ^a,c,d   Lee, Hyangsoo ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Computerization Agency   (South Korea)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Campbell Institute of Public Affairs   (United States)

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EID: 33745321191     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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