Influence of the open-mindedness culture on organizational memory: An empirical investigation of Spanish SMEs

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a   Sánchez Polo, Maria Teresa ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hard memory; Individual learning; SMEs; Soft memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251625026     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.538963     Document Type: Article

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