Knowledge management systems and task uncertainty: Is Perrow's model a good lens?

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-457

  Corso, Mariano ^a   Martini, Antonella ^b   Pellegrini, Luisa ^b   Massa, Silvia ^c   Testa, Stefania ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; Knowledge Management (KM); Task uncertainty; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847005940     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2006.011751     Document Type: Article

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