Organizational factors to support knowledge management and innovation

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 890-914

  Donate, Mario Javier ^a   Guadamillas, Fátima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Culture; Exploitation; Exploration; Human resource practices; Innovation; Knowledge management; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455163124     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111179271     Document Type: Article

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