Exploring the relationships between emotional intelligence and the use of knowledge transfer methods in the project environment

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-36

  Decker, Brent ^a   Landaeta, Rafael E ^a   Kotnour, Timothy G ^b  

^a Old Dominion University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge dissemination; Knowledge management theory; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449158716     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.29     Document Type: Article

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