Structural and informal knowledge acquisition and dissemination in organizational learning: An exploratory analysis

Learning Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-386

  Hoe, Siu Loon ^a   McShane, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Modelling; Organizational performance; Process management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953993089     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471011043117     Document Type: Article

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