A knowledge management success model: Theoretical development and empirical validation

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-347

  Kulkarni, Uday R ^a   Ravindran, Sury ^a   Freeze, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems success; Knowledge management; Knowledge management success; Knowledge management systems; Knowledge quality; Knowledge reuse; Knowledge sharing; System quality; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUCCESS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SUCCESS; KNOWLEDGE QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE REUSE; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SYSTEM QUALITY; USER SATISFACTION;

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; USER INTERFACES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249029607     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230311     Document Type: Article

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