Organizational culture and knowledge sharing: Critical success factors

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 22-42

  Al Alawi, Adel Ismail ^a   Al Marzooqi, Nayla Yousif ^b   Mohammed, Yasmeen Fraidoon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b United Gulf Bank   (Bahrain)

^c JP Morgan Chase Bank ^*  (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Communications; Knowledge sharing; Organizational culture; Organizational structures; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547483630     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710738898     Document Type: Article

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