Knowledge sharing and group cohesiveness on performance: An empirical study of technology R&D teams in Taiwan

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 786-797

  Huang, Chi Cheng ^a  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Group cohesiveness; Knowledge sharing; Partial least squares (PLS); Team performance; Transactive memory system; Trust

Indexed keywords

GROUP COHESIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES (PLS); TEAM PERFORMANCE; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY SYSTEM; TRUST;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 69949172368     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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