Identifying organizational knowledge creation enablers through content analysis: The voice from the industry

Performance Improvement Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-88

  Song, Ji Hoon ^a   Yoon, Seung Won ^b   Jun Yoon, Hea ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 79960266579     PISSN: 08985952     EISSN: 19378327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/piq.20111     Document Type: Article

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