Determinants of knowledge management assimilation: An empirical investigation

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-449

  Lee, Jae Nam ^a   Choi, Byounggu ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

KM assimilation; knowledge management (KM); Knowledge based view; ordinal regression analysis; resource based view

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; ORDINAL REGRESSION; ORDINAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954860543     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2036839     Document Type: Article

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