A passion for giving, a passion for sharing: Understanding knowledge sharing as gift exchange in academia

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-95

  Berthoin Antal, Ariane ^a   Richebé, Nathalie ^b  

^a AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

And emotions; Gift exchange; Knowledge; Knowledge sharing; Managing academics; Power; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849125312     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492608321882     Document Type: Article

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