Attracting and retaining knowledge workers in knowledge cities

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 6-17

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Baum, Scott Baum ^b   Horton, Stephen Horton ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cities; Economic development; Employee turnover; Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations; Leisure facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548726155     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710819762     Document Type: Review

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