Personality and intention to share knowledge: An empirical study of scientists in an R&D laboratory

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1427-1436

  Wang, Chih Chien ^a   Yang, Yann Jy ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Five Factors Model (FFM); Knowledge management; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349107741     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.10.1427     Document Type: Article

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