Knowledge sharing among public sector employees: Evidence from Malaysia

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-226

  Sandhu, Manjit Singh ^a   Jain, Kamal Kishore ^b   Ahmad, Ir Umi Kalthom bte ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE   (India)

^c Federal Government Administration Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Public administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953269237     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551111121347     Document Type: Article

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