Knowledge management in social work: Types and processes of knowledge sharing in social service organizations

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 693-709

  Leung, Zeno C S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Social work and IT; Social work knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349586776     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp034     Document Type: Article

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