Not sharing but trading: Applying a Maussian exchange framework to knowledge management

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 823-842

  Konstantinou, Efrosyni ^a   Fincham, Robin ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gift; knowledge management; knowledge sharing; knowledge work; Mauss; multiplicity; social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956327257     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710388676     Document Type: Article

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