No man is an island: Social and human capital in IT capacity building in the Maldives

Information and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Adam, Mariyam Suzy ^a   Urquhart, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Human capital; IT and capacity building; Knowledge management; Social capital; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549107019     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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