Cross-generational knowledge flows in edge organizations

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1123-1153

  Liebowitz, Jay ^a   Ayyavoo, Nirmala ^a   Nguyen, Hang ^a   Carran, Deborah ^b   Simien, James ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Navy Personnel Research Studies and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Organizational culture; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548454428     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710822787     Document Type: Article

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