The translation of higher-level knowledge into different levels of managerial and creative competencies

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-240

  Akbar, Hammad ^a   Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Tzokas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency level; Creative competencies; Creativity; Creativity level; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge creation; Knowledge levels; Learning; Managerial competencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849099494     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2008.020153     Document Type: Article

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