Remembering with the help of personal notes in a project work context

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-205

  Koskinen, Kaj U ^a   Aramo Immonen, Heli ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b JAKK Adult Education Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Memory; Motivation (psychology); Organizational culture; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350062901     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810866322     Document Type: Article

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