The mediate effect of learning and knowledge on organizational performance

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1066-1083

  Lin, Chin Yen ^a   Kuo, Tsung Hsien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Securities and Futures Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Knowledge management; Organizational analysis; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FINANCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FINANCIAL TRAINING; ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548433828     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710816748     Document Type: Article

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