Enhancing knowledge transfer during and after international assignments

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 134-147

  Crowne, Kerri Anne ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Feedback; Knowledge transfer; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349671323     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910971888     Document Type: Article

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