Trust, calculation, and interorganizational learning of tacit knowledge: An organizational roles perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1021-1044

  Janowicz Panjaitan, Martyna ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels G ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calculation; Interorganizational learning; Organizational roles; Tacit knowledge; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449432819     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609337933     Document Type: Article

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