Developing and validating field measurement scales for absorptive capacity and experienced community of practice

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1035-1058

  Cadiz, David ^a   Sawyer, John E ^b   Griffith, Terri L ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Community of practice; Knowledge management; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449876023     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409344494     Document Type: Article

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