The individual and social dynamics of knowledge sharing: An exploratory study

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 824-846

  Cyr, Sylvio ^a   Choo, Chun Wei ^b  

^a Meta RIM Consultants Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Knowledge sharing; Social dynamics; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049461597     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011087832     Document Type: Article

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