Personality traits, affective commitment, documentation of knowledge, and knowledge sharing

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-310

  Matzler, Kurt ^a   Renzl, Birgit ^b   Mooradian, Todd ^c   von Krogh, Georg ^d   Mueller, Julia ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

^b Business Psychology   (Austria)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Knowledge sharing; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951805476     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.540156     Document Type: Article

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