The relationships between adhocracy and clan cultures and tacit oriented KM strategy

Journal of Transnational Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 39-53

  Keskin, Halit ^a   Akgun, Ali E ^a   Günsel, Ay§E ^a   Zeki İmamoğlu, Salih ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhocracy; Clan; Culture; Explicit knowledge; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Organizational culture; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746094258     PISSN: 15475778     EISSN: 15475786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J482v10n03_04     Document Type: Article

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