Understanding of knowledge management roles and responsibilities: A study in the Australian context

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-88

  Burstein, Frada ^a   Sohal, Simran ^b   Zyngier, Suzanne ^c   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IBM Australia   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core competences; Knowledge management practice; Knowledge management strategy; Leadership; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249114781     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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