Conflicting identities and power between communities of practice: The case of IT outsourcing

Management Learning

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-326

  Hong, Jacky F L ^a,b   Fiona, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Conflicts; Identity; Organizational learning; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650490371     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507609104342     Document Type: Article

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