Impact of personal and cultural factors on knowledge sharing in China

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 451-471

  Huang, Qian ^a   Davison, Robert M ^b   Gu, Jibao ^c  

^a Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Face gaining; Face saving; Guanxi orientation; Knowledge sharing; Social exchange theory; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249120607     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9095-2     Document Type: Article

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