Knowledge Management for Social Workers Involved in Disaster Planning and Response in Malaysia: An Action Research Approach

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-272

  Raman, Murali ^a   Dorasamy, Magiswary ^a   Muthaiyah, Saravanan ^a   Kaliannan, Maniam ^b   Muthuveloo, Rajendran ^c  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c University of Sciences   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Action research; Disaster planning and response; Knowledge management; MASW

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956362260     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-011-9193-9     Document Type: Article

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