Assessing value in organizational knowledge creation: Considerations for knowledge workers

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-309

  Chen, Andrew N K ^a   Edgington, Theresa M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic theory; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Organizational dynamics; Organizational theory; Simulation; Task characteristics

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECONOMIC THEORY; KNOWLEDGE CREATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846091437     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148680     Document Type: Article

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