A qualitative analysis of intellectual capital in social service non-profit organisations: A theory-practice divide

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 656-676

  Kong, Eric ^a   Ramia, Gaby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intellectual capital; Non profit strategy; Social service non profit organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951599639     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2010.16.5.656     Document Type: Article

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