Fostering the determinants of knowledge transfer: A team-level analysis

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-339

  Wu, Wei Li ^a   Hsu, Bi Fen ^b   Yeh, Ryh Song ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Determinant of knowledge transfer; Social capital perspective; Social interaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SOCIAL CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TEAM LEVEL ANALYSIS;

DATA TRANSFER;

EID: 34248227412     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506070733     Document Type: Article

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