Knowledge management systems success: A contingency perspective

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-132

  Khalifa, Mohamed ^a   Yan, Angela Yu ^a   Ning, Kathy Shen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Knowledge management systems; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749155338     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810852430     Document Type: Article

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