Ensuring the effectiveness of a knowledge management initiative

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 16-29

  Bishop, James ^a   Bouchlaghem, Dino ^a   Glass, Jacqueline ^a   Matsumoto, Isao ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ramboll Whitbybird Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Human resource development; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349099104     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810884228     Document Type: Review

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