Knowledge sharing in a dispersed network of HR practice: Zooming in on power/knowledge struggles

Management Learning

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-393

  Heizmann, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

communities of practice; discourse; knowledge sharing; networks of practice; power; practice based studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052328725     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507610394409     Document Type: Article

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