Knowledge creation through boundary-spanning

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-318

  Mitchell, Rebecca ^a   Nicholas, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive diversity; Functional diversity; Knowledge boundary spanning; Knowledge creation; Small teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845737703     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500113     Document Type: Review

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