Risk-avoiding cultures toward achievement of knowledge sharing

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 522-537

  Lai, Ming Fong ^a   Lee, Gwo Guang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Knowledge sharing; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547473033     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150710763559     Document Type: Article

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