Questioning the conventional wisdom: Culture-knowledge management relationships

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 35-47

  King, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Knowledge management; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049094347     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810875840     Document Type: Article

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