Can we make dense of knowledge management's tangible rainbow? A radical constructivist alternative

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-185

  Ray, Tim ^a   Clegg, Stewart ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Communication; Explicit knowledge; Power; Radical constructivism; Sensemaking; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34249337074     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: 14701030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109020701342249     Document Type: Article

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