The social psychology of knowledge management

Team Performance Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 381-401

  Kimmerle, Joachim ^a   Wodzicki, Katrin ^b   Cress, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149083308     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590810912340     Document Type: Article

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