Knowledge markets in firms: Knowledge sharing with trust and signalling

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-339

  Zhang, Zuopeng ^a   Sundaresan, Shankar ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

incentives; information technology; knowledge market; knowledge sharing; signal; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649518201     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2010.22     Document Type: Article

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