The IT professional and knowledge management: Researching the Irish perspective

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-651

  McCarthy, John G ^a   McGrath, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

IT professionals; KM; KM understanding and perception; Knowledge Management; National study

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049089092     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2008.018995     Document Type: Article

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