Disabling the context for knowledge work: The role of managers' behaviours

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1636-1655

  Sveiby, Karl Erik ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348959665     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710838004     Document Type: Article

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