Knowledge sharing and team trustworthiness: It's all about social ties!

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-186

  Wang, Jaw Kai ^a   Ashleigh, Melanie ^a   Meyer, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Social network; Social relationship; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750166220     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500098     Document Type: Review

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