Towards network perspective of intra-organizational learning: Bridging the gap between acquisition and participation perspective

Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-58

  Škerlavaj, Miha ^a   Dimovski, Vlado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acquisition perspective; Descriptive claims; Network perspective; Organizational learning; Participation perspective; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ACQUISITION PERSPECTIVE; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; DESCRIPTIVE CLAIMS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; NETWORK TECHNIQUES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PARTICIPATION PERSPECTIVE; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349843571     PISSN: 15551229     EISSN: 15551237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/99     Document Type: Article

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