A metaphor for knowledge management: Explicit islands in a tacit sea

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-16

  Hicks, Richard C ^a   Dattero, Ronald ^b   Galup, Stuart D ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family life; Individual behaviour; Job satisfaction; Jobs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847337975     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710728204     Document Type: Article

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