Organizational forgetting and its causes: An empirical research

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 620-634

  Fernandez, Vicenc ^a   Sune, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Higher education; Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350331499     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910997032     Document Type: Article

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