Web 2.0 and the empowerment of the knowledge worker

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-520

  Schneckenberg, Dirk ^a  

^a RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Empowerment; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Technology led strategy; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149110352     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910997150     Document Type: Article

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