What is practical knowledge?

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 86-98

  Guzman, Gustavo ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge management; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349662047     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910971851     Document Type: Article

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