Knowledge transfer within information systems development teams: Examining the role of knowledge source attributes

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 322-335

  Joshi, K D ^a   Sarker, Saonee ^a   Sarker, Suprateek ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectionistic perspective; Face to face teams; Information systems development; Knowledge source; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONNECTIONISTIC PERSPECTIVE; FACE-TO-FACE TEAMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE SOURCE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 33846834125     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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