Knowledge, knowing, knower: What is to be managed and does it matter?

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-123

  Zhu, Zhichang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Integrative pragmatism; KM scope; Knower; Knowing; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649184983     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500173     Document Type: Article

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