Organizational knowledge creation practice: Comprehensive and systematic processes for scale development

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-259

  Song, Ji Hoon ^a   Uhm, Daiho ^a   Yoon, Seung Won ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Knowledge organizations; Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955933581     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111123906     Document Type: Review

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