Relationships of organizational culture toward knowledge activities

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-322

  Lai, Ming Fong ^a   Lee, Gwo Guang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147152117     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150710740518     Document Type: Article

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