An exploratory model of knowledge flow barriers within healthcare organizations

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 331-339

  Lin, Chinho ^a   Tan, Bertram ^b   Chang, Shofang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case study; Cultural historical activity theory (CHAT); Knowledge flow barrier; Medical knowledge; Qualitative approach

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACTIVITY THEORY; CASE STUDIES; DELPHI STUDY; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERALIZABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; KNOWLEDGE FLOWS; KNOWLEDGE RECEIVER; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (KT); KNOWLEDGE-BASED; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; THREE PHASES;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

EID: 44649116523     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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