Motivating knowledge sharing through a knowledge management system

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-146

  King, William R ^a   Marks, Peter V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Knowledge management systems; Knowledge sharing; Motivation; Perceived organizational support; Supervisory control

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BEST PRACTICES; ECONOMIC THEORIES; EFFECTIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORTS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES; SUPERVISORY CONTROL; SYSTEM VARIABLES;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 34247201963     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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