The impact of management style on the intention to share knowledge in China

PACIS 2006 - 10th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: ICT and Innovation Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 83-98

  Huang, Qian ^a   Davison, Robert M ^a   Liu, Hefu ^a   Gu, Jibao ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Management style; Trust

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MANAGEMENT STYLE; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRUST; WESTERN SOCIETIES;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80053494398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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