Sources of knowledge acquisition and patterns of knowledge-sharing behaviors-An empirical study of Taiwanese high-tech firms

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 423-432

  Liu, Min Shi ^a   Liu, Nien Chi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge innovation; Knowledge sharing; Structural equation modeling; Taiwan high tech companies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL;

COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND SHARING; KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TAIWAN HIGH-TECH COMPANIES; TAIWANESE HIGH-TECH FIRMS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49849092237     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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