Trust and tacit knowledge sharing and use

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-140

  Holste, J Scott ^a   Fields, Dail ^b  

^a VCU Office of Research   (United States)

^b REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049104062     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011015615     Document Type: Article

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