Informal organizational culture: The foundation of knowledge workers' performance

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 16-30

  Pyöriä, Pasi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication technologies; Knowledge management; Organizational culture; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547181860     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710752081     Document Type: Article

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