Managing knowledge through human resource practices: Empirical examination on the spanish automotive industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2452-2467

  Prieto Pastor, Isabel Ma ^a   Santana, Ma Pilar Pérez ^a   Sierra, Celia Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Human resource practices; Knowledge creation; Knowledge maintaining; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049233346     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.516596     Document Type: Article

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