Fostering learning - The role of mediators

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-125

  Jyrämä, Annukka ^a   Äyväri, Anne ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

ba; Communities of practice; Knowledge creation; Mediators; Projectmanagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547261992     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500138     Document Type: Article

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