Knowledge worker roles and actions-results of two empirical studies

Knowledge and Process Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-174

  Reinhardt, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidt, Benedikt ^b   Sloep, Peter ^c   Drachsler, Hendrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80051759562     PISSN: 10924604     EISSN: 10991441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/kpm.378     Document Type: Article

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