Intellectual capital and knowledge sharing: The mediating role of organisational knowledge-sharing climate

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-352

  Radaelli, Giovanni ^a   Mura, Matteo ^b   Spiller, Nicola ^a   Lettieri, Emanuele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

healthcare; intellectual capital; knowledge sharing; OLS regressions; organisational climate; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855224613     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2011.29     Document Type: Article

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