The impact of national cultures on structured knowledge transfer

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-242

  Chen, Jihong ^a   Sun, Peter Y T ^a   McQueen, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China; Cross cultural management; Knowledge management; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952219402     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011032373     Document Type: Article

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