An integrative model for knowledge sharing in communities-of-practice

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-269

  Jeon, Suhwan ^a   Kim, Young Gul ^b   Koh, Joon ^c  

^a National Museum of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Communities; Innovation; Knowledge management; Organizational behaviour; South Korea; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953270907     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111119682     Document Type: Article

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