Role of explicit and tacit knowledge in Six Sigma projects: An empirical examination of differential project success

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-315

  Anand, Gopesh ^a   Ward, Peter T ^b   Tatikonda, Mohan V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizational learning; Process improvement; Six Sigma; Tacit knowledge; Teams

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL SAMPLE; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; EXPLICIT AND TACIT KNOWLEDGE; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; IN-PROCESS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SIX SIGMA; SIX SIGMA PROJECT; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955230516     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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