Optimizing knowledge transfer by new employees in companies

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-236

  Von Ledebur, Sidonia C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge workers; Learning organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148959343     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500141     Document Type: Article

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