Antecedents of knowledge sharing - Examining the influence of learning and performance orientation

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-329

  Matzler, Kurt ^a   Mueller, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Knowledge sharing; Learning orientation; Performance orientation; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956020916     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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