Knowledge of the natural and the social: How are they different and what do they have in common?

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-188

  Zhu, Zhichang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Pragmatism; The natural; The social

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449152906     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2010.6     Document Type: Article

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