Sharing knowledge: Contextualising socio-technical thinking and practice

Learning Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-435

  Søndergaard, Susanne ^a   Kerr, Micky ^b   Clegg, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Management strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547095551     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470710762646     Document Type: Article

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