It's not what you know: A transactive memory analysis of knowledge networks at NASA

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-351

  Garner, Johny ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149158340     PISSN: 00472816     EISSN: 15413780     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/U636-4844-2323-W071     Document Type: Article

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