Technology as a tool for leadership development: Effectiveness of automated web-based systems in facilitating tacit knowledge acquisition

Military Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-288

  Boyce, Lisa A ^a   Lavoie, Noelle ^b   Streeter, Lynn A ^b   Lochbaum, Karen E ^b   Psotka, Joseph ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Pearson Knowledge Technologies   (United States)

^c US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 53549114482     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08995600802345220     Document Type: Article

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