Knowledge sharing issues in the introduction of a new technology

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 568-590

  Finnegan, David ^a   Willcocks, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customer relations; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Psychological contracts; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750707306     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390610708472     Document Type: Article

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