Information-sharing in public organizations: A literature review of interpersonal, intra-organizational and inter-organizational success factors

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-175

  Yang, Tung Mou ^a   Maxwell, Terrence A ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross boundary; Information integration; Information sharing; Intergovernmental; Knowledge sharing; Learning organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955044993     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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