Transactive memory systems in organizations: Implications for knowledge directories

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-424

  Jackson, Paul ^a   Klobas, Jane ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global organizations; Knowledge management; Transactive memory systems; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY SYSTEMS (TMS); VIRTUAL WORK;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 36349004906     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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