What motivates organisational knowledge transfer? some lessons from a UK-Based multinational

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-171

  Jasimuddin, Sajjad M ^a   Connell, N A D ^b   Klein, Jonathan H ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

knowledge management; knowledge transfer; motivation; Organisational knowledge; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249115323     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649206001414     Document Type: Article

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