Identifying different antecedents for closed vs open knowledge transfer

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-602

  Kang, Minhyung ^a   Kim, Young Gul ^b   Bock, Gee Woo ^c  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Business School   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

knowledge transfer; social capital; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DIFFERENT MODES; GROUP IDENTIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CAPITAL THEORIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRENGTH OF TIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957772390     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551510375667     Document Type: Article

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