Influencing knowledge workers: The power of top management

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-151

  Jayasingam, Sharmila ^a   Ansari, Mahfooz A ^b   Jantan, Muhamad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Knowledge capture; Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations; Knowledge sharing; Leaders; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

DATA MEASURING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE; KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LEVEL MANAGEMENT; MALAYSIA; NEW APPROACHES; ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE; POWER BASIS; TOP MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 76049119276     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571011008443     Document Type: Article

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