Social capital and knowledge transfer: A multi-level analysis

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1401-1423

  Wei, Jun ^a   Zheng, Wei ^b   Zhang, Mian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

communication; information knowledge management; knowledge transfer; learning; organizational culture; personnel training development; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555145894     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711417025     Document Type: Article

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