Are full and partial knowledge sharing the same?

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-409

  Ford, Dianne P ^a   Staples, Sandy ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Individual behaviour; Individual conflict; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953317715     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011050120     Document Type: Article

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