Social network, social trust and shared goals in organizational knowledge sharing

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 458-465

  Chow, Wing S ^a   Chan, Lai Sheung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Knowledge sharing; Social capital; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; HONG-KONG; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL PRESSURES; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 52149085436     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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