Culturally distinctive manifestations in international knowledge management: A historical perspective

International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-327

  Holden, Nigel J ^a   Tansley, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context specific knowledge; Cross cultural collaborative learning; Cultural dimensions of knowledge; Historical development of knowledge; International knowledge management; Thick and thin knowledge

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THICK AND THIN KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34848916363     PISSN: 14624613     EISSN: 17418003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMC.2007.014810     Document Type: Article

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