Explaining and developing social capital for knowledge management purposes

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-99

  Manning, Paul ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049109842     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011015589     Document Type: Review

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