Shaping knowledge management: Organization and national culture

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-227

  Magnier Watanabe, Rémy ^a   Senoo, Dai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Knowledge management; National cultures; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952127489     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011032364     Document Type: Article

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