The social management of embodied knowledge in a knowledge community

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 45-54

  Raza, Ahmad ^a   Rashid, Rashid A ^a   Paul, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural synergy; Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations; Social interaction; Social processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548789604     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270710819799     Document Type: Article

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