Communities of practice: Dynamics and success factors

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-59

  Retna, Kala S ^a   Ng, Pak Tee ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Leadership; Learning; Motivation (psychology); Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951535882     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111099274     Document Type: Article

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