Impact of manager's social power on R&D employees' knowledge-sharing behaviour

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-182

  Liao, Li Fen ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coercive power; Expert power; Knowledge sharing; Legitimate power; Reference power; Reward power; Social power

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

COERCIVE POWER; EXPERT POWER; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; LEGITIMATE POWER; REFERENCE POWER; REWARD POWER; SOCIAL POWER;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 38049038043     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.015990     Document Type: Article

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