Managing talent in knowledge-intensive settings

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 486-504

  Whelan, Eoin ^a   Collings, David G ^b   Donnellan, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizations; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953299342     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011050175     Document Type: Article

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