Capturing leadership tacit knowledge in conversations with leaders

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 646-663

  Janson, Annick ^a   McQueen, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Knowledge capture; Leadership; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848879270     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710823897     Document Type: Article

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