Bridging intention and behavior of knowledge sharing

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-300

  Reychav, Iris ^a   Weisberg, Jacob ^b  

^a Academic Technological Institute   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952184646     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011032418     Document Type: Article

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