Organizational learning, tacit information, and e-learning: A review

Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-151

  Falconer, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; E learning; Learning; Learning organizations; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745831229     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610645476     Document Type: Review

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