The significance of distinctiveness: A proposal for rethinking organizational knowledge

Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-100

  Schreyögg, Georg ^a   Geiger, Daniel ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Knowledge societies; Knowledge work; Organizational knowledge; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845695245     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508407071861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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