Reflections on organizational memory and forgetting

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-310

  Casey, Andrea J ^a   Olivera, Fernando ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

organizational forgetting; organizational learning; organizational memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051809626     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492611408264     Document Type: Article

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